Trachycardium

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 strata throughout the world.

Species

Species within this genus include:

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

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