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Trachycardium puelchum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium puelchum was named by Sowerby (1846) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Recent; Argentina, Chile.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Loxocardium puelchum by Chiesa et al. (1995), Chiesa and Camacho (2001); it was recombined as Trachycardium puelchum by Frassinetti and Covacevich (1999), Fasssinetti and Covacevich (1999), Frassinetti (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Cardium puelchum Sowerby p. 251 figs. pl. 2, fig. 15
1902Cardium puelchum Ortmann
1907Cardium puelchum Ihering p. 292
1984Cardium puelchum Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska p. 102
1995Loxocardium puelchum Chiesa et al. p. 44
1999Trachycardium puelchum Fasssinetti and Covacevich p. 28
1999Trachycardium puelchum Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 28
2001Loxocardium puelchum Chiesa and Camacho p. 309
2001Trachycardium puelchum Frassinetti p. 77
2004Cardium puelchum del Rio p. 1119

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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
speciespuelchum(Sowerby 1846)

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.

Trachycardium puelchum Sowerby 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available