Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae
Alternative combinations: Bransonia pulchellum, Conocardium pulchellum
Belongs to Hippocardia according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Hoare 1990, Hyde 1953, Weller 1901 and White and Whitfield 1862
Sister taxa: Hippocardia alborza, Hippocardia angelicum, Hippocardia bellulus, Hippocardia crenata, Hippocardia cumberlandiae, Hippocardia curta, Hippocardia herculea, Hippocardia herricki, Hippocardia hibernica, Hippocardia hydei, Hippocardia hystericum, Hippocardia intersculpta, Hippocardia kermani, Hippocardia konincki, Hippocardia monroica, Hippocardia mundulum, Hippocardia niagarense, Hippocardia obesum, Hippocardia ohioense, Hippocardia ornata, Hippocardia pristis, Hippocardia procumbens, Hippocardia reflexa, Hippocardia rhenana, Hippocardia tournaisense, Hippocardia truncata, Hippocardia ventricosum, Pleurorhynchus bellulus, Pleurorhynchus longipennis
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at US Fisheries, Baird (Carboniferous of California)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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