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Dallocardia

Dallocardia is a genus of cockles in the subfamily Trachycardiinae. It was originally described as a subgenus of Trachycardium, but was moved to its own genus in 2012.

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Dallocardia
Temporal range:
Dallocardia muricata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Subfamily: Trachycardiinae
Genus: Dallocardia
R. B. Stewart, 1930
Type species
Dallocardia quadragenaria
(Conrad, 1837)
(originally Cardium quadragenarium)
Other species2
Synonyms2
  • Trachycardium (Dallocardia) R. B. Stewart, 1930

Dallocardia is a genus of cockles in the subfamily Trachycardiinae.2 It was originally described as a subgenus of Trachycardium,34 but was moved to its own genus in 2012.2

References

References

  1. Dallocardia in the Paleobiology Database
  2. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Dallocardia R. B. Stewart, 1930". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  3. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Trachycardium (Dallocardia) R. B. Stewart, 1930". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  4. Stewart, Ralph Bentley (1930). "Gabb's California cretaceous and tertiary type Lamellibranchs". Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Special Publications. 3: 1-314 (pages 37, 264).