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Dinocardium taphrium

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium (Cerastoderma) taphrium was named by Dall (1900).

It was recombined as Dinocardium taphrium by Ward (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Cardium (Cerastoderma) taphrium Dall p. 1098 figs. Plate 40, Figure 9
1992Dinocardium taphrium Ward p. 93

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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
Neocardiids
EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyCardiinaeLamarck 1809
genusDinocardiumDall 1900
speciestaphrium(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.

Dinocardium taphrium Dall 1900
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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 07:19:49
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:19:49
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 Serravallian or 28.40000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) Dinocardium taphrium (71651 71652)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Cardium taphrium (42482 42605 42642 42656 42657 42663 42677 42678 42682 42684)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Cardium taphrium (42692 42874 42884 42886 42890 43031 43036 43048 94810 111204 136943)