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Palaeocardita glaukos

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae

Taxonomy
Palaeocardita glaukos was named by McLearn (1941). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Geological Survey Ottawa, No. 8798. Its type locality is Barren Gully, Pardonet Hill, which is in a Tuvalian perireef or subreef packstone/grainstone in the Baldonnel Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Palaeocardita glaukos McLearn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
familyPalaeocarditidae(Chavan 1969)
genusPalaeocarditaConrad 1867
speciesglaukos

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.

†Palaeocardita glaukos McLearn 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:33:36
Modified: 2010-02-12 03:59:35
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Tuvalian or 233.60000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Canada (British Columbia) Palaeocardita glaukos (type locality: 106178)