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Trachycardium (Mexicardia)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Trachycardium (Mexicardia) was named by Stewart (1930). It is extant. Its type is Cardium procerum.

It was Cardium (Mexicardia) by Pilsbry and Olsson (1941); it was reranked as Mexicardia by Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Cardium by Pilsbry and Olsson (1941); to Trachycardium by Stewart (1930), Woodring (1982), Vokes (1989); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Cardium anclotense, Cardium brooksvillense, Cardium coutinhoi, Cardium delphicum, Cardium hernandoense, Cardium hortensium, Cardium inconspicuum, Cardium laddi, Cardium leucostomum, Cardium malacum, Cardium oedalium, Cardium oedalium, Cardium paraense, Cardium peruvianum, Cardium plectopleura, Cardium silicatum, Cardium stiriatum, Cardium striatum, Cardium ustrix, Cardium viridarii, Cardium virile, Cardium waylandi, Cardium zorritense, Cardium zorritoensis, Carduim fraternum, Laevicardium gigas, Pleuriocardia eufaulensis huntanum, Pleuriocardia huntanum, Pleurocardia longstreeti, Pleurocardia tinninense, Trachycardium bonellii, Trachycardium carolinensis, Trachycardium coxi, Trachycardium declive, Trachycardium denticostulatum, Trachycardium domeykoanum, Trachycardium dominicense, Trachycardium dominicense, Trachycardium efaulense, Trachycardium emmonsi, Trachycardium eufaulense, Trachycardium evergladensis, Trachycardium flexicostatum, Trachycardium floridanum, Trachycardium gigas, Trachycardium granconense, Trachycardium heinzelini, Trachycardium kansasense, Trachycardium kinsimarae, Trachycardium lingualionis, Trachycardium longstreeti, Trachycardium magnum, Trachycardium multicostatum, Trachycardium muricata, Trachycardium niasense, Trachycardium oedalium, Trachycardium ouachitense, Trachycardium paraense, Trachycardium picteti, Trachycardium plectopleura, Trachycardium procerum, Trachycardium pseudogigas, Trachycardium pseudomagnum, Trachycardium quadragenerium, Trachycardium sanctidavidis, Trachycardium sindense, Trachycardium sindensis, Trachycardium sokkohense, Trachycardium spolongense, Trachycardium striatum, Trachycardium striatum, Trachycardium tenuistriatum, Trachycardium ustri, Trachycardium vaughani, Trachycardium waylandi, Trachycardium yokoyamai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Trachycardium (Mexicardia) Stewart p. 263
1941Cardium (Mexicardia) Pilsbry and Olsson p. 9
1982Trachycardium (Mexicardia) Woodring p. 640
1989Trachycardium (Mexicardia) Vokes p. 109
2002Mexicardia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyTrachycardiinaeStewart 1930
genusTrachycardiumMörch 1853
subgenusMexicardia

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.

Subg. Trachycardium (Mexicardia) Stewart 1930
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Mexicardia procera Sowerby 1833 [slender cockle]
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Invalid names: Cardium panamense Sowerby I 1833 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available