Trachycardium

Trachycardium; Temporal range: Cretaceous - Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil valve of Trachycardium multicostatum from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Cardiida
Family:	Cardiidae
Genus:	Trachycardium; Morch, 1853

Trachycardium is a genus of molluscs in the family Cardiidae.

Fossil records

This 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.

Species

Species within this genus include:

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

↑ 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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[1] 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.

[AA-2] Fossilworks

[3] WoRMS

Trachycardium Temporal range: Cretaceous - Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Fossil valve of Trachycardium multicostatum from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Cardiida
Family:	Cardiidae
Genus:	Trachycardium Morch, 1853