Cryptocardia ranvillensis Palmer 1974 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Full reference: C. P. Palmer. 1974. A New Genus of Jurassic Bivalve Mollusc Ancestral to Globocardium. Palaeontology 17(1):165-178

Belongs to Cryptocardia according to C. P. Palmer 1974

Sister taxa: Cryptocardia bajocensis, Cryptocardia morrisi

Type specimen: B.M66203.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cryptocardia ranvillensis in the database

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