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Laevicardium

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Laevicardium was named by Swainson (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant. Its type is Cardium oblongum.

It was reranked as Cardium (Laevicardium) by Gabb (1864), Gabb (1869), Glenn (1904), Gardner (1947).

It was assigned to Cardium by Gabb (1864), Gabb (1869), Glenn (1904), Gardner (1947); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); to Cardiidae by Oostingh (1935), Marasti (1973), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992), Moths et al. (2010); and to Laevicardiinae by Vokes (1980), Woodring (1982), Dockery (1982), Schneider (1995), Moore (2003), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Species
Cardium (Laevicardium) alaskensis, Cardium (Laevicardium) melvilli, Cardium (Laevicardium) mortoni, Cardium (Laevicardium) spillmani, Cardium (Laevicardium) unicolor, Dinocardium (Exocardium) chipolanum, L. (Laevicardium), L. biradiatum, L. compressum, L. crassum (syn. L. norvegicum), L. ecuadoriale, L. elatum, L. etheringtoni, L. leptorimum, L. lobulatum, L. multipunctatum, L. nemocardiforme, L. oblongum (syn. Cardium (Laevicardium) oblongum), L. papyraceum, L. pictum, L. pristis, L. serratum (syn. L. laevigatum, L. gorgasi, Cardium (Laevicardium) dalli), L. substriatum (syn. Cardium cruentatum, L. pedernalense, L. apicinum, Cardium elenense), L. sybariticum, L. tristiculum (syn. L. esutoruensis), L. venustulum, L. vitellinum
Species lacking formal opinion data
Cardium auberti, Cardium mansfieldi, Cardium norvegium, L. angustum, L. apertum, L. attenuatum, L. automolos, L. cingulatum, L. ciprium, L. corpulentum, L. cyprium, L. elongatum, L. excomatulum, L. gardnerae, L. gigas, L. hispanicum, L. ishidoense, L. kelirense, L. kovacovense, L. laevicardium, L. loxotones, L. majanatschense, L. nicense, L. njalindungense, L. puchlense, L. rutteni, L. sandbergeri, L. shiobarense, L. spondyloides, L. spondyloides, L. subcostale, L. subfragile, L. sublineatum, L. subturgidum, L. subturgidum, L. subturgidum, L. taracaicum, L. tenuicostatum, L. tenuisulcatum, L. turgidum, L. viatorium, L. yoshidoense
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by A. Hendy on 2013-04-30

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Laevicardium Swainson p. 373
1846Liocardium Agassiz
1864Cardium (Laevicardium) Gabb p. 171
1869Cardium (Laevicardium) Gabb p. 187
1904Cardium (Laevicardium) Glenn p. 322
1935Laevicardium Oostingh p. 180
1947Cardium (Laevicardium) Gardner p. 142
1964Dinocardium (Exocardium) Olsson
1973Laevicardium Marasti p. 108
1980Laevicardium Vokes p. 129
1982Laevicardium Dockery p. 74
1982Laevicardium Woodring p. 646
1987Laevicardium Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1992Laevicardium Lamprell and Whitehead p. 70
1995Laevicardium Schneider p. 339
2002Laevicardium Sepkoski
2003Laevicardium Moore
2010Laevicardium Moths et al.
2012Laevicardium Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 421

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
superorderImparidentiaBieler 2014
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyLaevicardiinaeKeen 1936
genusLaevicardiumSwainson 1840

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.

G. Laevicardium Swainson 1840
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Laevicardium biradiatum Bruguière 1789
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Invalid names: Laevicardium norvegicum Spengler 1797 [synonym]
†Laevicardium ecuadoriale Olsson 1932
Laevicardium elatum Sowerby I 1833 [smooth giant cockle]
†Laevicardium etheringtoni Slodkewitsch 1938
†Laevicardium leptorimum Dockery 1982
Laevicardium lobulatum Vidal and Kirkendale 2007
†Laevicardium nemocardiforme Kafanov and Savizky 1983
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Invalid names: Cardium (Laevicardium) oblongum Trentanove 1901 [synonym]
†Laevicardium papyraceum Bruguière 1792
Laevicardium pictum Ravenel 1861
Laevicardium pristis Bory de Saint-Vincent 1827
†Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Laevicardium laevigatum Linnaeus 1758 [replaced]
Laevicardium substriatum Conrad 1837 [Pacific eggcockle]
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Invalid names: Cardium cruentatum Gould 1855 [synonym], Cardium elenense Sowerby II 1840 [synonym], Laevicardium apicinum Carpenter 1864 [synonym], Laevicardium pedernalense Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 [synonym]
†Laevicardium tristiculum Yokoyama 1924
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Invalid names: Laevicardium esutoruensis Krishtofovich 1957 [synonym]
Invalid names: Exocardium Olsson 1964 [synonym], Liocardium Agassiz 1846 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 07:20:06
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:20:06
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Todd 2001

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Neocomian to the top of the Holocene or 143.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.77 Ma

Collections (374 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neocomian143.1 - 125.77Japan (Gumma) L. ishidoense (40488)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Japan L. corpulentum (69101) L. ishidoense (69104)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Japan (Kochi) L. corpulentum (40222)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Japan (Kumamoto) L. ishidoense (40469 40601)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain L. hispanicum (66129)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Hungary L. sp. (78013)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Indonesia L. subfragile (70082 79524)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) L. gardnerae (90704)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71New Zealand (Canterbury) L. sp. (50149)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Belgium L. tenuisulcatum (3715)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy L. sp. (78617)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Alabama) L. sp. (3538)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) L. nicense (10703)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Argentina L. sp. (71600)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Georgia) Cardium sp. (60838)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation L. taracaicum (70518) L. tristiculum (70445)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation L. puchlense (49980)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) L. tenuisulcatum (68021)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) L. leptorimum (5941 5942 5943 5944 5947)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Alaska) Cardium alaskensis (195957 195958 195964 195965)