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Trachycardium (Trachycardium) isocardia

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium isocardia was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: circum-Caribbean.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Trachycardium, Trachycardium (Trachycardium).

It was recombined as Trachycardium isocardia by Vidal (1999); it was recombined as Trachycardium (Trachycardium) isocardia by Woodring (1982), Hendy et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cardium isocardia Linnaeus p. 679
1860Cardium isocardia Holmes p. 25
1982Trachycardium (Trachycardium) isocardia Woodring p. 637
1999Trachycardium isocardia Vidal p. 264 figs. 1A-C
2015Trachycardium (Trachycardium) isocardia Hendy et al.

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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
subfamilyTrachycardiinaeStewart 1930
genusTrachycardiumMörch 1853
subgenusTrachycardiumMörch 1853
speciesisocardia(Linnaeus 1758)

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 07:20:41
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:20:41
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Panama Trachycardium isocardia (42627 42629 93039)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Trachycardium isocardia (93054)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Trachycardium isocardia (60692)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Trachycardium isocardia (41543 41552)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Florida) Cardium isocardia (75023)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Trachycardium isocardia (131210 131217 131218 131237 131363)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Trachycardium isocardia (80033 80035)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Cardium isocardia (79333)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Cardium isocardia (203376)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Cardium isocardia (75425)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0USA (South Carolina) Cardium isocardia (203378)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cardium isocardia (34269)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Trachycardium isocardia (131223)