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Acrosterigma linguatigris

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium (Trachycardium) linguatigris was named by Maury (1917) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; circum-Caribbean.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cardium linguatigris by Pilsbry (1922); it was recombined as Acrosterigma linguatigris by Vokes (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Cardium (Trachycardium) linguatigris Maury p. 373 figs. pl. 36, fig. 2
1922Cardium linguatigris Pilsbry p. 421
1989Acrosterigma linguatigris Vokes p. 111

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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
subfamilyTrachycardiinaeStewart 1930
genusAcrosterigmaDall 1900
specieslinguatigris(Maury 1917)

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 mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 07:19:23
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:19:23
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Zanclean or 7.24600 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Cardium linguatigris (58867)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Acrosterigma linguatigris (131674)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Acrosterigma linguatigris (74966 89561)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Acrosterigma linguatigris (74968 93737)