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Ciliatocardium mutuense

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium (Clinocardium) mutuense was named by Nomura and Hatai (1936) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Japan.]. Its type specimen is SHM 8799, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Clinocardium mutuense by Kanno and Ogawa (1964); it was recombined as Ciliatocardium mutuense by Kafanov (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Cardium (Clinocardium) mutuense Nomura and Hatai p. 279 figs. pl. 33, fig. 11
1964Clinocardium mutuense Kanno and Ogawa figs. pl. 1, fig. 15
2002Ciliatocardium mutuense Kafanov p. 8

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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
subfamilyClinocardiinaeKafanov 1975
genusCiliatocardiumKafanov 1974
speciesmutuense(Nomura and Hatai 1936)

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.

Ciliatocardium mutuense Nomura and Hatai 1936
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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: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available