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Laevicardium (Laevicardium) decorticatum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium decorticatum was named by Wood (1840). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Laevicardium (Laevicardium) decorticatum by Hendy (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Cardium decorticatum Wood
1850Cardium decorticatum Wood p. 159
2007Laevicardium (Laevicardium) decorticatum Hendy

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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
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyLaevicardiinaeKeen 1936
genusLaevicardiumSwainson 1840
subgenusLaevicardiumSwainson 1840
speciesdecorticatum(Wood 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.

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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 07:20:06
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:20:06
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Todd 2001

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Gelasian or 5.33300 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Laevicardium decorticatum (86801 86802)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Cardium decorticatum (84755 84763 84795 84992)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Belgium Laevicardium decorticatum (80674)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Laevicardium decorticatum (59003)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Cardium decorticatum (84819)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Laevicardium decorticatum (86803 86804 86805 86806)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Belgium Laevicardium decorticatum (86807)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) Laevicardium decorticatum (97966)