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Laevicardium venustulum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy

Cardium venustum was named by Gabb (1873). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cardium (Laevicardium) venustum by Anderson (1929); it was recombined as Laevicardium venustulum by Vokes (1989).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1873	Cardium venustum Gabb p. 251
1929	Cardium (Laevicardium) venustum Anderson p. 166
1944	Cardium venustum Clench and Smith p. 32
1989	Laevicardium venustulum Vokes p. 129

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioidei	Ferussac 1822
superfamily	Cardioidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Cardiidae	Lamarck 1809
subfamily	Laevicardiinae	Keen 1936
genus	Laevicardium	Swainson 1840
species	venustulum	(Gabb 1873)

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.

†Laevicardium venustulum Gabb 1873

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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 07:20:06

Modified:

2009-09-09 09:20:06

Source: g = genus, c = class

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

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Dominican Republic	Cardium venustum (58816 58817) Laevicardium venustulum (74934 74935 90618 99854 131369 131370 131371 131377 131475 131517)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Venezuela	Laevicardium venustulum (130981)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Colombia (Bolívar)	Cardium venustum (88316)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Dominican Republic	Laevicardium venustulum (89564 94099)
Messinian - Zanclean	7.246 - 3.6	Dominican Republic	Laevicardium venustulum (89563)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Colombia	Cardium venustum (97680)