Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combinations: Cardium (Laevicardium) serratum, Cardium serratum
Invalid subtaxa: Cardium (Laevicardium) dalli Toula 1909 [replaced name], Cardium (Laevicardium) gorgasi Hanna 1924, Cardium gorgasi Hanna 1924, Cardium laevigatum Linnaeus 1758 [replaced name], Laevicardium gorgasi Hanna 1924, Laevicardium laevigatum Linnaeus 1758 [replaced name]
Belongs to Laevicardium according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Anderson 1929, Brown and Pilsbry 1911, DuBar 1962, Holmes 1860, Linnaeus 1758, Olsson 1922, Vokes 1989, Weisbord 1929 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Cardium (Laevicardium) alaskensis, Cardium (Laevicardium) melvilli, Cardium (Laevicardium) mortoni, Cardium (Laevicardium) unicolor, Laevicardium (Habecardium), Laevicardium (Laevicardium), Laevicardium biradiatum, Laevicardium compressum, Laevicardium crassum, Laevicardium ecuadoriale, Laevicardium elatum, Laevicardium etheringtoni, Laevicardium leptorimum, Laevicardium lobulatum, Laevicardium multipunctatum, Laevicardium nemocardiforme, Laevicardium oblongum, Laevicardium papyraceum, Laevicardium pictum, Laevicardium pristis, Laevicardium substriatum, Laevicardium sybariticum, Laevicardium tristiculum, Laevicardium venustulum, Laevicardium vitellinum, Dinocardium (Exocardium) chipolanum
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (3 collections), Bermuda (2), Cayman Islands (2), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (3), Jamaica (1), Panama (1), United States (28: Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina), Venezuela (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Mexico (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Colombia (5), Costa Rica (2), the Dominican Republic (7), Jamaica (4), Mexico (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of Brazil (5), Colombia (5), the Dominican Republic (16), Panama (9), Puerto Rico (2), United States (1: Florida)
Total: 109 collections including 110 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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