''Trachycardium'' is a genus of
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
s in the family
Cardiidae.
Fossil records
This genus is known in the
fossil records from the
Cretaceous to the
Quaternary
The Quaternary ( ) is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). It follows the Neogene Period and spans from 2.58 million years ...
(age range: from 109.0 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata throughout the world.
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Species
Species within this genus include:WoRMS
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* ''Trachycardium belcheri
''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
The Quaternary ( ) is the current and most recent of the three periods of the ...
'' (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
* ''Trachycardium consors
''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 st ...
'' (G. B. Sowerby, 1833)
* ''Trachycardium egmontianum
''Trachycardium egmontianum'', the Florida prickly cockle, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae.
Description
Shells of ''Trachycardium egmontianum'' can reach a size of about . These shells are oval, with 27 to 31 strong, pri ...
'' (Shuttleworth, 1856) — Florida prickly cockle
* ''Trachycardium isocardia
''Trachycardium isocardia'', the West Indian prickly cockle, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae. It can be found along coast of the West Indies
The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North ...
'' — West Indian prickly cockle
* ''Trachycardium muricatum
''Dallocardia muricata'', the yellow cockle, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies and Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — yellow cockle
* ''Trachycardium procerum
''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 st ...
'' (G. B. Sowerby, 1833) — Slender cockle
* ''Trachycardium rossi
''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 st ...
'' Marwick, 1944
References
Cardiidae
Bivalve genera
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