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Protocardia rhaetica

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium rhaeticum was named by Merian (1853).

It was recombined as Protocardia rhaetica by Hudson and Jefferies (1961).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cardium nicolletti, P. africana, P. anglica, P. anglica, P. barneyi, P. beiha, P. bella, P. besairiei, P. bipi, P. concinna, P. consobrina, P. contusa, P. coquandi, P. delicatula, P. dufrenoyi, P. dyenisea, P. dyonisea, P. eparcyensis, P. filosa, P. gigantea, P. grandidieri, P. hepingxiangensis, P. hillama, P. hillanum, P. ibukii, P. impressa, P. jacksonense, P. judaica, P. lycetti, P. meridionalis, P. moabitica, P. morinica, P. morrisea, P. moshuiwanensis, P. moutai, P. multistriata, P. olea, P. oxynoti, P. parahillana, P. peralraensis, P. peraltaensis, P. peregrina, P. pertenuis, P. pervinquierei, P. phillipiana, P. phillipsi, P. querangeri, P. rahmuensis, P. rara, P. regulare, P. schencki, P. schenki, P. schucherti, P. semidecussata, P. semipunctata, P. shehuensis, P. silicea, P. sislimanensis, P. sphaeroidalis, P. sphaeroidea, P. spillmani, P. striata, P. strickland, P. striuatula, P. subhillanum, P. subrhaetica, P. substricklandi, P. subtruncata, P. suprajurensis, P. tenuicostata, P. texana, P. tikechkachensis, P. timberensis, P. torta, P. tosensis, P. milana, P. guadalupense, P. marcosensis, P. sphaeroidea, P. spillmani, P. africana, P. amanoi, P. buckmani, P. coquandi, P. dyonisea, P. goradongarensis, P. goradongarensis, P. grandidieri, P. hepingxiangensis, P. hiraigensis, P. ibukii, P. inaii, P. kachchhensis, P. keerae, P. kurumensis, P. lodraniensis, P. lycetti, P. lycetti, P. morii, P. onoi, P. patchamensis, P. peraltaensis, P. peregrina, P. phillipiana, P. prisca, P. sastry, P. subtruncata, P. tosensis, P. bannesianum

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Cardium rhaeticum Merian p. 19 figs. Pl 4, figs 40,41
1913Protocardia proteus Krumbeck p. 69 figs. Pl 5, figs 2-10
1961Protocardia rhaetica Hudson and Jefferies p. 35 figs. Pl 2, figs 12,16,21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyProtocardiinaeReuss 1846
genusProtocardia(Beyrich 1845)
speciesrhaetica(Merian 1853)

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.

†Protocardia rhaetica Merian 1853
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Invalid names: Protocardia proteus Krumbeck 1913 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height116.9

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 Lacian to the top of the Rhaetian or 227.30000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Germany Cardium rhaeticum (202142)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Indonesia (Maluku) Protocardia proteus (204487)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Oman Protocardia rhaetica (41213)
Norian227.3 - 205.7United Arab Emirates Protocardia rhaetica (41201)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Iran Protocardia rhaetica (49198)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria Protocardia rhaetica (27939 27940 27945 27958 27965 27966 28094 28110 28111 28511 28525 28583 28586 28593 28806 28835 28837 61009 61011 61018 61021 115313 115315 115323 115324 115326 115331 115332 115333 115334 115335 115349 115357 115359 115360)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom Protocardia rhaetica (78460 78464 78468 78472 78477)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4China (Tibet) Protocardia rhaetica (201833)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Italy Protocardia rhaetica (38167 38168)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Netherlands Protocardia rhaetica (137658)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Protocardia rhaetica (219457 219458 219460 219461)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Spain Protocardia rhaetica (142083)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Protocardia rhaetica (204164)
Rhaetian - Early/Lower Hettangian205.7 - 199.5United Kingdom Protocardia rhaetica (78483)