Trachycardium is a genus of molluscs in the family Cardiidae.[1]
| Trachycardium Temporal range:
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| Fossil valve of Trachycardium multicostatum from Pliocene of Italy | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Cardiida |
| Family: | Cardiidae |
| Genus: | Trachycardium Morch, 1853 |
Fossil records
editThis genus is known in the fossil records from the Cretaceous to the Quaternary (age range: from 109.0 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata throughout the world.[2]
Species
editSpecies within this genus include:[3]
- Trachycardium belcheri (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
- Trachycardium consors (G. B. Sowerby, 1833)
- Trachycardium egmontianum (Shuttleworth, 1856) — Florida prickly cockle
- Trachycardium isocardia — West Indian prickly cockle
- Trachycardium muricatum (Linnaeus, 1758) — yellow cockle
- Trachycardium procerum (G. B. Sowerby, 1833) — Slender cockle
- Trachycardium rossi Marwick, 1944
References
edit- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 56-57.
- ^ Fossilworks
- ^ WoRMS
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