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Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aliculum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium (Trigoniocardia) alicula was named by Dall (1900) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is USNM 157550, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was corrected as Cardium (Trigoniocardia) aliculum by Gardner (1947); it was recombined as Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aliculum by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Cardium (Trigoniocardia) alicula Dall p. 1103 figs. pl. 48, fig. 5
1947Cardium (Trigoniocardia) aliculum Gardner p. 140
2008Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aliculum Hendy et al.

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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
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
Neocardiids
EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyFraginaeStewart 1930
genusTrigoniocardiaDall 1900
subgenusTrigoniocardiaDall 1900
speciesaliculum(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 07:21:28
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:21:28
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Serravallian or 28.10000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Cardium aliculum (60985)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Cardium aliculum (41760 42223 42272 42367 42443) Trigoniocardia aliculum (68971)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Cardium aliculum (94810)