Frigidocardium Habe, 1951
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Marcus |
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Frigidocardium Habe, 1951 |
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Genus Frigidocardium Habe, 1951 View in CoL
TYPE SPECIES. — Cardium eos Kuroda, 1929 , by original designation.
New Protocardiinae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from Southwest Pacific
REMARKS
This genus has often been confused with Microcardium Thiele, 1934 (e.g., Wilson & Stevenson 1977), but it is quite distinct and can be easily characterised by its homogeneous outer sculpture with numerous radial ribs and spines developed on the whole surface ( Poutiers 1992). The subgenus Tobarum Noda, 1988 , based on F. (T.) tobaruense Noda, 1988 (a Pliocene species from Okinawa Island, SW Japan), actually belongs to Microcardium ( Schneider 1995: 322) .
Frigidocardium occurrence is restricted to the tropical Indo-West Pacific, where it is known from the Miocene onwards.
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