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Agnocardia thalassium

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium (Trachycardium) thalassium was named by Maury (1925). Its type locality is Rio Pirabas (Maury coll.), which is in a Miocene shallow subtidal limestone/limestone in the Pirabas Formation of Brazil.

It was recombined as Agnocardia thalassium by Schneider (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Cardium (Trachycardium) thalassium Maury
2002Agnocardia thalassium Schneider p. 358 figs. Table 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
Neocardiids
EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyCardiinaeLamarck 1809
genusAgnocardiaGray 1851
speciesthalassium(Maury 1925)

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.

Agnocardia thalassium Maury 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 07:19:31
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:19:31
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Cardium thalassium (type locality: 60979)