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Clinocardium (Clinocardium) meekianum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium meekianum was named by Gabb (1866). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cerastoderma meekianum by Stewart (1930), Woodring and Bramlette (1950); it was recombined as Laevicardium (Cerastoderma) meekianum by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Clinocardium meekianum by Keen (1936), Keen (1954), Faustman (1964); it was recombined as Clinocardium (Clinocardium) meekianum by Moore (2003), Hendy (2020).

Subspecies
Clinocardium (Clinocardium) meekianum myrae
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. hannibali, C. hatsusense, C. pseudofastosum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Cardium meekianum Gabb p. 27 figs. pl. 7, fig. 46
1930Cerastoderma meekianum Stewart pp. 262-263 figs. Plate 13, fig. 5
1931Laevicardium (Cerastoderma) meekianum Grant, IV and Gale p. 310
1936Clinocardium meekianum Keen p. 120
1950Cerastoderma meekianum Woodring and Bramlette
1954Clinocardium meekianum Keen p. 327
1964Clinocardium meekianum Faustman p. 119
2003Clinocardium (Clinocardium) meekianum Moore
2020Clinocardium (Clinocardium) meekianum Hendy

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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
subfamilyClinocardiinaeKafanov 1975
genusClinocardium
subgenusClinocardiumKeen 1936
speciesmeekianum()

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 Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Gelasian or 23.04000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Mexico (Baja California Sur) Cardium meekianum (43809)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Alaska) Clinocardium meekianum (37395 37399 37401 37406 37407 37413 37414 37415 37416)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Oregon) Cardium meekianum (71146 71148 71149)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Laevicardium meekianum (96885)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Clinocardium meekianum (96571)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (Washington) Cardium meekianum (71109)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Cerastoderma meekianum (189561 189760 189765 189766 207657 207661 207662 207663 207664 207665 207669 207672 207694 207699 207700 207701 207714 207721 207723)