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Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium muricatum was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Holocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Cardium (Trachycardium) muricatum by Dall (1900); it was recombined as Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum by da Silva Forti (1969); it was recombined as Trachycardium muricatum by Massemin et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cardium muricatum Linnaeus p. 680
1860Cardium muricatum Holmes p. 24
1900Cardium (Trachycardium) muricatum Dall p. 1089
1969Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum da Silva Forti p. 81
2009Trachycardium muricatum Massemin et al. p. 308

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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
speciesmuricatum(Linnaeus 1758)

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 Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Trachycardium muricatum (41541 41543 41544 41552)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Trachycardium muricatum (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Trachycardium muricatum (131210 131218 131237 131363)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Trachycardium muricatum (80035)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Cardium muricatum (80304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Cardium muricatum (79331) Trachycardium muricatum (41501)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Cardium muricatum (66770 66775)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Cardium muricatum (75425)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Trachycardium muricatum (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Trachycardium muricatum (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Trachycardium muricatum (148417)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Trachycardium muricatum (66755 66758 66760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cardium muricatum (34269) Trachycardium muricatum (69034 69040 70010)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay Trachycardium muricatum (195933)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Trachycardium muricatum (41935 92776)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Trachycardium muricatum (131223)