''Trachycardium'' is a genus of molluscs in the family

Cardiidae A cockle is an edible marine bivalve mollusc. Although many small edible bivalves are loosely called cockles, true cockles are species in the family Cardiidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: W ...

Fossil records

This genus is known in the

fossil record A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...

s from the

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...

to the Quaternary (age range: from 109.0 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata throughout the world. Fossilworks
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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 The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya) ...

'' (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 ...

'' (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, pr ...

'' (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 No ...

'' — 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 ...

'' (G. B. Sowerby, 1833) — Slender cockle * '' Trachycardium rossi'' Marwick, 1944

References

Cardiidae Bivalve genera {{Cardiidae-stub