Trachycardium Explained

Trachycardium is a genus of molluscs in the family Cardiidae.^[1]

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 strata throughout the world.^[2]

Species

Species within this genus include:^[3]

• Trachycardium belcheri (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
• Trachycardium consors (G. B. Sowerby, 1833)
• Trachycardium egmontianum (Shuttleworth, 1856) - Florida prickly cockle
• Trachycardium isocardia - West Indian prickly cockle
• Trachycardium muricatum (Linnaeus, 1758) - yellow cockle
• Trachycardium procerum (G. B. Sowerby, 1833) - Slender cockle
• Trachycardium rossi Marwick, 1944

Notes and References

1. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 56-57.
2. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18347 Fossilworks
3. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203976 WoRMS