Cardium maxicostatum Ter Poorten 2007 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Full reference: J. J. Ter Poorten. 2007. Notes on the identity of Cardium costatum Linnaeus, 1758, with the description of Cardium maxicostatum spec. nov. from tropical West Africa (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). Basteria 71:57-69

Belongs to Cardium according to J. J. Ter Poorten 2007

Sister taxa: Cardium (Americardia), Cardium (Cardium), Cardium (Criocardium), Cardium (Dallocardia), Cardium (Eucardium), Cardium (Pachycardium), Cardium (Tulongocardium), Cardium angustatum, Cardium arcaeformis, Cardium asiaticum, Cardium barnense, Cardium bisectum, Cardium bottegoi, Cardium bourdoti, Cardium braunsi, Cardium casertanum, Cardium centifilosum, Cardium cloacinum, Cardium comoxense, Cardium concinnum, Cardium coosense, Cardium corallinum, Cardium costatum, Cardium cucullatum, Cardium cuculloides, Cardium curtum, Cardium cygnorum, Cardium dariesi, Cardium emmonsi, Cardium etheridgei, Cardium flavum, Cardium fragum, Cardium galaticum, Cardium hians, Cardium impeditium, Cardium inaequiconvexum, Cardium incomptum, Cardium indicum, Cardium interruptum, Cardium intersectum, Cardium khowaiteri, Cardium labronicum, Cardium ladinum, Cardium lithocardium, Cardium lobulatum, Cardium lucerna, Cardium midyetti, Cardium miikense, Cardium moricinum, Cardium multicostatum, Cardium nanum, Cardium nodosulum, Cardium nodosum, Cardium nuculoides, Cardium ouachitense, Cardium ouralicum, Cardium pentagonum, Cardium perobliquum, Cardium perobliquum, Cardium philotarium, Cardium pisum, Cardium pygmaeum, Cardium quilonense, Cardium rachitis, Cardium regazzoni, Cardium rhynchonelloides, Cardium riogramamense, Cardium rudis, Cardium soldani, Cardium spillmani, Cardium strigilliferum, Cardium subalternatum, Cardium subcurtum, Cardium subperobliquum, Cardium talahabense, Cardium tippanum, Cardium tropicum, Cardium tuba, Cardium tuberculatum, Cardium tumidum, Cardium venustum, Cardium verbeeki

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cardium maxicostatum in the database

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