Biology:Protocardia
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Short description: Extinct genus of bivalves
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Mollusca |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Bivalvia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Cardiida |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Cardiidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | †Protocardia |
Protocardia is an extinct genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the subfamily Protocardiinae of the family Cardiidae, the cockles.[1]
The internal anatomy of individuals in this genus is sometimes preserved in phosphate.[2]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q7251905 entry
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