Pratulum Iredale, 1924

Saether, Kristian P., Jingeng, Sha, Little, Crispin T. S. & Campbell, Kathleen A., 2016, New records and a new species of bivalve (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from Miocene hydrocarbon seep deposits, North Island, New Zealand, Zootaxa 4154 (1), pp. 1-26 : 11

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5676856
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scientific name	Pratulum Iredale, 1924
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Genus Pratulum Iredale, 1924 View in CoL

Type species. Cardium thetidis Hedley, 1902

Remarks. This genus has never been reported from modern New Zealand seeps or from fossil seep deposits globally. Traditionally, it has been regarded as a subgenus of Nemocardium Meek, 1876 . However, Poorten (2013) recently reviewed Nemocardium and argued that Pratulum Iredale, 1924 , should be elevated to genus level. This opinion is followed here.