Protocardia is an extinct genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the subfamily Protocardiinae of the family Cardiidae, the cockles.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Cardiida |
| Family: | Cardiidae |
| Genus: | †Protocardia |
The internal anatomy of individuals in this genus is sometimes preserved in phosphate.[2]
References
edit- ^ Schneider, S.; Fürsich, F. T.; Werner, W. (2010). "Marking the Kimmeridgian-Tithonian transition with a bivalve – Protocardia gigantea sp. Nov. (Bivalvia: Cardiidae) and its relatives from the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 258: 167. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0093.
- ^ Wilby, P. R.; Whyte, M. A. (1995). "Phosphatized soft tissues in bivalves from the Portland Roach of Dorset (Upper Jurassic)". Geological Magazine. 132: 117. doi:10.1017/S001675680001147X.
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