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Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinata

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium echinatum was named by Linnaeus (1767) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Recent; Mediterranean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinatum by Malatesta (1963); it was recombined as Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinata by Freneix et al. (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. carolimartini, A. delanouei, A. denticulata, A. greenoughi, A. griesbachi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1767Cardium echinatum Linnaeus
1850Cardium echinatum Wood p. 152
1882Cardium echinatum Wood p. 12
1963Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinatum Malatesta p. 323
1988Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinata Freneix et al. p. 426

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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
subfamilyCardiinaeLamarck 1809
genusAcanthocardiaGray 1851
subgenusAcanthocardiaGray 1851
speciesechinata(Linnaeus 1767)

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 mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-04 09:31:14
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:21:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 13.82000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Greece Cardium echinatum (72305)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Cardium echinatum (72310)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Spain Acanthocardia echinata (69789)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Acanthocardia echinata (70884)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Acanthocardia echinata (168730 207783)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece Acanthocardia echinata (72318)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Acanthocardia echinata (126155)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Italy Cardium echinatum (72303)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Cyprus Cardium echinatum (34689)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Iceland Cardium echinatum (79904)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Cardium echinatum (84759 84819)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece Acanthocardia echinata (72414)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Acanthocardia echinata (77008)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Ireland Cardium echinatum (178118)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco Cardium echinatum (127571)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland Cardium echinatum (64109)