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Hedecardium (Iheringicardium)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Iheringicardium was named as a genus.

It was reranked as Hedecardium (Iheringicardium) by Schneider (2002).

It was assigned to Hedecardium by Schneider (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Hedecardium (Iheringicardium) Schneider p. 356 figs. Table 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
superorderImparidentiaBieler 2014
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
Neocardiids
EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyOrthocardiinae
genusHedecardiumMarwick 1944
subgenusIheringicardium

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-04 09:31:14
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:21:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 33.90000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Argentina Cardium patagonicum (71597)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Argentina (Santa Cruz) Cardium patagonicum (48068)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina Cardium patagonicum (71404) Hedecardium philippi (71430 71539 71540)