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Protocardia

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Protocardia
Temporal range: Mesozoic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: Protocardia

Protocardia is an extinct genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Cardiidae, the cockles.[1] The internal anatomy of individuals in this genus is sometimes preserved in phosphate.[2]

References

  1. ^ Schneider, S.; Fürsich, F. T.; Werner, W. (2010). "Marking the Kimmeridgian-Tithonian transition with a bivalve – Protocardia gigantea sp. Nov. (Bivalvia: Cardiidae) and its relatives from the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 258: 167. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0093.
  2. ^ Wilby, P. R.; Whyte, M. A. (1995). "Phosphatized soft tissues in bivalves from the Portland Roach of Dorset (Upper Jurassic)". Geological Magazine. 132: 117. doi:10.1017/S001675680001147X.