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Trigoniocardia sambaicum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium (Trigoniocardia) sambaica was named by Maury (1917) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; circum-Caribbean.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cardium sambaicum by Hubbard (1920); it was recombined as Trigoniocardia sambaicum by Weisbord (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Cardium (Trigoniocardia) sambaica Maury p. 376 figs. pl. 36, fig. 7
1920Cardium sambaicum Hubbard p. 116
1964Trigoniocardia sambaicum Weisbord p. 259

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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
subfamilyFraginaeStewart 1930
genusTrigoniocardiaDall 1900
speciessambaicum(Maury 1917)

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: Todd 2001, Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Cardium sambaicum (58870)