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Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium haitense was named by Sowerby (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; circum-Caribbean.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cardium (Fragum) haitense by Gabb (1873); it was recombined as Cardium (Trigoniocardia) haitense by Dall (1900); it was recombined as Trigoniocardia haitensis by Pflug (1961); it was recombined as Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) haitensis by Woodring (1982); it was recombined as Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis by Vokes (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cardium colosseum, T. ceramida, T. maturensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Cardium haitense Sowerby p. 52 figs. pl. 10, fig. 11
1873Cardium (Fragum) haitense Gabb p. 251
1900Cardium (Trigoniocardia) haitense Dall p. 1103
1961Trigoniocardia haitensis Pflug p. 80
1982Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) haitensis Woodring p. 644
1989Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis Vokes p. 112

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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
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
—Neocardiids
—EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyFraginaeStewart 1930
genusTrigoniocardiaDall 1900
subgenusTrigoniocardiaDall 1900
specieshaitensis(Sowerby 1850)

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.

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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 07:21:28
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:21:28
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 15.98000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (75 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Puerto Rico Cardium haitense (80245)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Cardium haitense (58816 58817) Trigoniocardia haitensis (74912 74934 84953 90618 93644 93686 94139 94141 99854 131367 131368 131371 131380 131381 131382 131462 131472 131473 131474 131475 131490 131508 131509 131510 131512 131513 131514 131515 131516 131517 131518 131519)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Haiti Cardium haitense (60107 60108)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Cardium haitense (58824 58869) Trigoniocardia haitensis (74915)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Trigoniocardia haitensis (89540 89557 89559 89566 90619 93648 93687 94099 94106 99853 131386 131390 131497 131521 131642 131675 131676 131677)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Trigoniocardia haitensis (74911 74967 75037 75040 89560 89563)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Trigoniocardia haitensis (80084 80136 93640 93737 131636)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Cardium haitense (58522) Trigoniocardia haitense (69089 69090 69092 69093 69094)