Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Alternative spellings: Nemocardium (Lophocardium), Protocardia (Lophocardium)

Parent taxon: Protocardiinae according to W. P. Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Brevicardium, Frigidocardium, Globocardium, Integricardium, Jurassicardium, Leptocardia, Lyrocardium, Microcardium, Pachycardium, Pratulum, Protocardia, Tendagurium, Varicardium

Subtaxa: Lophocardium cumingii, Nemocardium (Lophocardium) gurabica

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Type: Cardium cumingii

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder