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Cardium (Cerastoderma) waltonianum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium (Cerastoderma) waltonianum was named by Dall (1900) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is USNM 113819, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. aclinensis, C. acuticostatum, C. alabamense, C. andreae, C. andreae, C. arabica, C. arcella, C. aubersonense, C. becksi, C. belgradensis, C. bellegardense, C. bicostatum, C. biostatum, C. bojorum, C. breweri, C. brooksvillensis, C. burdigalinum, C. carolinensis, C. cedrelarum, C. cenomanense, C. centimplanum, C. centralis, C. choffati, C. cognatum, C. constantii, C. corallium, C. costae, C. cottaldi, C. cottaldinum, C. coutinhoi, C. dalmatinum, C. disaiinile, C. dupuchnesse, C. echinatum, C. echinatum, C. edgari, C. egerense, C. elequahensis, C. enfaulense, C. erinaceum, C. facetum, C. fasciatum, C. fittoni, C. forbesi, C. formosum, C. gentianum, C. germani, C. gigas, C. gillieroni, C. gracile, C. gryphina, C. heeri, C. heinzelini, C. hercegowinense, C. hernandoense, C. hernandoensis, C. hispidifomre, C. hispidiforme, C. hispidiformis, C. hortensium, C. ibbetsoni, C. imbricatarium, C. impressum, C. inbricatarium, C. indistinctum, C. jaccardi, C. kanleanum, C. kinsimarae, C. knappi, C. kochi, C. kokanicum, C. kuemmeli, C. kunstleri, C. lacteana, C. lamarcki, C. landeronense, C. laqueatum, C. latisulcum, C. leucostoma, C. lineolatum, C. lipoldi, C. lissoni, C. lithopodolicum, C. longstreeti, C. luculensis, C. martini, C. meriani, C. muliradiatum, C. muticum, C. naganoense, C. neglectum, C. nequam, C. nucleolum, C. obsoletum, C. ottoi, C. pallasianum, C. panastrum, C. papyraceum, C. paucicostatum, C. peregrinum, C. petilum, C. phillipianum, C. pinnatulum, C. plicatofittoni, C. polyptycum, C. precursor, C. problematicum, C. protractum, C. pseudomusculatum, C. puelchun, C. pulchella, C. pulchrum, C. ragazzonii, C. raritanensis, C. raulinianum, C. reticulatum, C. rittergulderi, C. rouyanum, C. rugosum, C. sandigii, C. saportae, C. sarmaticum, C. sayri, C. scabrum, C. schweinfurthi, C. scrabrum, C. semigranulatum, C. serrula, C. squamiferum, C. subelongatum, C. subhillanum, C. sublineatum, C. suborbicularis, C. suezensis, C. suicum, C. suwannense, C. taurinum, C. tenuicostatum, C. thetregyinense, C. thunense, C. tintinabularum, C. transcarpaticum, C. transilvanicum, C. triangulatum, C. turonicum, C. valdense, C. verveceum, C. vervecum, C. vindobonense, C. vindobonense, C. viridarii, C. volckmanni, C. voltzi, C. colosseum, C. ctenolium, C. propeciliare, C. acuticostatum, C. arcella, C. druidicum, C. edule, C. gleichenbergense, C. panastrum, C. phylyctaena, C. sueziense, C. vindobonense, C. soaresanum, C. pinellasense, C. apateticum, C. estacianum, C. javanum, C. proavitum, C. sellardsi, C. triboleti, C. auberti, C. mansfieldi, C. norvegium, C. beckei, C. indistinctum, C. indistinctum, C. auricula, C. hopneri, C. wadei, C. bulbosum, C. spinosum, C. minimum, C. nicolletti, C. hians, C. rothpletzi, C. hanpeizanense, C. anclotense, C. brooksvillense, C. coutinhoi, C. delphicum, C. hernandoense, C. hortensium, C. inconspicuum, C. laddi, C. leucostomum, C. malacum, C. oedalium, C. oedalium, C. paraense, C. peruvianum, C. plectopleura, C. silicatum, C. stiriatum, C. striatum, C. ustrix, C. viridarii, C. virile, C. waylandi, C. zorritense, C. zorritoensis, C. berberum, C. colosseum, C. deadenense, C. haitense, C. haitense, C. protoalicum, C. sanctisebastiani, C. thaumastum, C. affinis, Cerastoderma acutilaqueatum, Cerastoderma arcella, Cerastoderma bomasense, Cerastoderma carlotae, Cerastoderma edule, Cerastoderma edule, Cerastoderma gleichenbergensis, Cerastoderma latisulcum, Cerastoderma leptopleurum, Cerastoderma lithopodolica, Cerastoderma margaritacea, Cerastoderma michelotti, Cerastoderma protracta, Cerastoderma rutenica, Cerastoderma sociale, Cerastoderma vindobonense, Cerastoderma vindobonensis, Cerastoderma bakeri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Cardium (Cerastoderma) waltonianum Dall p. 1093 figs. pl. 48, fig. 19
1947Cardium (Cerastoderma) waltonianum Gardner p. 139

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
genusCardiumMörch 1853
subgenusCerastoderma
specieswaltonianumDall 1900

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-04 09:31:14
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:21:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Serravallian or 13.82000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Cardium waltonianum (42692 42819 42870 42872 42874 42875 42884 42891 42892 43009 43011 43014 43021 43022 43023 43024 43048 94810 111204 136943) Cerastoderma waltonianum (68970 80018 80019 80021)