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Trachycardium (Dallocardia) phlyctaena

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium (Cerastoderma) phlyctaena was named by Dall (1900). Its type specimen is USNM 157570, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Trachycardium (Dallocardia) phlyctaena by Woodring (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Cardium (Cerastoderma) phlyctaena Dall p. 1097
1940Cardium (Cerastoderma) phlyctaena Mansfield p. 195
1982Trachycardium (Dallocardia) phlyctaena Woodring p. 637

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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
subfamilyTrachycardiinaeStewart 1930
genusTrachycardium()
subgenusDallocardia
speciesphlyctaena(Dall 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 mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 07:20:49
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:20:49
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 28.40000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Florida) Cardium phlyctaena (60656)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama Trachycardium phlyctaena (92982)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Cardium phlyctaena (60985 61051 61100 61101 61105)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Trachycardium phlyctaena (42607 42609 42626 42628 42630 49492 93039)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Panama Trachycardium phlyctaena (42611 42618 49493)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Panama Trachycardium phlyctaena (42599)