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Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) antillarum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium antillarum was named by d'Orbigny (1853). It is extant.

It was recombined as Trigoniocardia antillarum by Weisbord (1964); it was recombined as Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) antillarum by Woodring (1982).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Cardium antillarum d'Orbigny
1853Cardium antillarum d'Orbigny
1964Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) caboblanquensis Weisbord
1964Trigoniocardia antillarum Weisbord p. 256
1982Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) antillarum Woodring p. 644

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
—Neocardiids
—EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyFraginaeStewart 1930
genusTrigoniocardiaDall 1900
subgenusApiocardia(Olsson 1961)
speciesantillarum(d'Orbigny 1853)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Trigoniocardia caboblanquensis Weisbord 1964 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 07:21:14
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:21:14
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Todd 2001

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Venezuela Trigoniocardia antillarum (92751)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Trigoniocardia caboblanquensis (41541)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Trigoniocardia caboblanquensis (60654)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Trigoniocardia caboblanquensis (131210 131218 131363)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Cardium antillarum (75422)