Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative spelling: Cardium (Laevicardium)
Synonyms: Dinocardium (Exocardium) Olsson 1964, Exocardium Olsson 1964
Parent taxon: Laevicardiinae according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Coan et al. 2000, Dockery 1982, Gabb 1864, Gabb 1869, Gardner 1947, Glenn 1904, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Marasti 1973, Moore 2003, Moths et al. 2010, Olsson 1964, Oostingh 1935, Schneider 1995, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980, Ward and Blackwelder 1987 and Woodring 1982
Subtaxa: Cardium (Laevicardium) alaskensis Cardium (Laevicardium) melvilli Cardium (Laevicardium) mortoni Cardium (Laevicardium) unicolor Dinocardium (Exocardium) chipolanum 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 serratum Laevicardium substriatum Laevicardium sybariticum Laevicardium tristiculum Laevicardium venustulum Laevicardium vitellinum
Type: Cardium oblongum
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), the Bahamas (3), Belgium (1), Bermuda (2), Cayman Islands (2), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (3), Ecuador (2), Iran (1), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Kenya (2), Mexico (3), Morocco (2), the Netherlands (2), Panama (1), the Philippines (1), Portugal (3), Spain (1), Taiwan (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (67: California, Florida, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Mexico (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Belgium (7), Colombia (5), Costa Rica (2), the Dominican Republic (9), Ecuador (4), Indonesia (4), Italy (1), Jamaica (4), Japan (7), Mexico (3), the Netherlands (1), Pakistan (3), Panama (9), the Russian Federation (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (3: Florida, North Carolina), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (4)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (5)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Austria (3), Belgium (6), Brazil (5), Colombia (5), the Dominican Republic (30), Germany (31), Greece (2), India (1), Indonesia (8), Italy (2), Jamaica (1), Japan (30), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (2), Pakistan (1), Panama (13), Puerto Rico (2), the Russian Federation (13), Slovakia (1), United States (10: Florida), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1), Austria (1), Denmark (2), France (27), Germany (2), Haiti (1), Hungary (3), the Russian Federation (5), United States (10: Alaska, Georgia, Mississippi)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (2), New Zealand (1), United States (2: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Cretaceous of Japan (6), Spain (1)
Total: 431 collections including 486 occurrences
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