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Trigoniocardia (Goniacardia) melajoensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) melajoensis was named by Jung (1969). Its type specimen is USNM 645354, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Trigoniocardia (Goniacardia) melajoensis by Woodring (1982), Vokes (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cardium colosseum, T. ceramida, T. maturensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) melajoensis Jung p. 366 figs. pl. 25, figs. 11, 12
1982Trigoniocardia (Goniacardia) melajoensis Woodring p. 644
1989Trigoniocardia (Goniacardia) melajoensis Vokes p. 121

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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
subfamilyFraginaeStewart 1930
genusTrigoniocardiaDall 1900
subgenusGoniacardia
speciesmelajoensis(Jung 1969)

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 07:21:21
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:21:21
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Trigoniocardia melajoensis (131464 131465)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Trigoniocardia melajoensis (60408 60637)