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Lunulacardium curtum

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae

Taxonomy
Lunulacardium curtum was named by Hall (1870) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Devonian; New York.]. Its type specimen is NYSM 2675, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Lunulacardium curtum Hall p. 97 figs. pl. 71, figs. 18-23
1975Lunulacardium curtum Nye et al. p. 293

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyAmbonychioidea(Miller 1877)
familyLunulacardiidaeFischer 1887
genusLunulacardium
speciescurtumHall 1870

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.

Lunulacardium curtum Hall 1870
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-05 13:34:46
Modified: 2009-06-05 15:34:46
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Eaton 1871, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Givetian or 387.70000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Lunulacardium curtum (9478 9479 9481 9484 9485)