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Acanthocardia becksii

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium becksii was named by Muller (1847).

It was recombined as Acanthocardia becksii by Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Cardium becksii Muller
1983Acanthocardia becksii Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 97 figs. Pl 4, fig 3

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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
subfamilyCardiinaeLamarck 1809
genusAcanthocardiaGray 1851
speciesbecksii(Muller 1847)

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.

Acanthocardia becksii Muller 1847
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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: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Libya Acanthocardia becksii (77235)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24Egypt Cardium becksii (87000)