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Cardium (Protocardia) pauli

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy

Cardium pauli was named by Coquand (1862).

It was recombined as Cardium (Protocardia) pauli by Riedel (1933).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. alabamense, C. cedrelarum, C. cottaldinum, C. erinaceum, C. heinzelini, C. hernandoense, C. hispidiforme, C. knappi, C. latisulcum, C. leucostoma, C. lineolatum, C. lithopodolicum, C. problematicum, C. rouyanum, C. scabrum, C. schweinfurthi, C. transcarpaticum, C. triangulatum, C. vindobonense, C. volckmanni, C. colosseum, C. estacianum, C. sellardsi, C. triboleti, C. hanpeizanense, C. anclotense, C. brooksvillense, C. coutinhoi, C. hernandoense, C. hortensium, C. leucostomum, C. plectopleura, C. ustrix, C. viridarii, C. colosseum, Protocardia africana, Protocardia barneyi, Protocardia beiha, Protocardia besairiei, Protocardia bipi, Protocardia contusa, Protocardia hillanum, Protocardia lycetti, Protocardia moshuiwanensis, Protocardia olea, Protocardia oxynoti, Protocardia parahillana, Protocardia pertenuis, Protocardia phillipiana, Protocardia rahmuensis, Protocardia regulare, Protocardia schucherti, Protocardia shehuensis, Protocardia spillmani, Protocardia subhillanum, Protocardia texana, Protocardia tosensis, Protocardia amanoi, Protocardia goradongarensis, Protocardia lycetti, Protocardia peraltaensis, Protocardia phillipiana

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1862	Cardium pauli Coquand
1933	Cardium (Protocardia) pauli Riedel p. 53 figs. Pl 10, figs 3,a,3b; pl 11, fig 8; text-fig 10

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioidei	Ferussac 1822
superfamily	Cardioidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Cardiidae	Lamarck 1809
subfamily	Protocardiinae	Reuss 1846
genus	Cardium	(Beyrich 1845)
subgenus	Protocardia
species	pauli	(Coquand 1862)

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.

†Cardium (Protocardia) pauli Coquand 1862

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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 Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Coniacian or 100.50000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Jordan	Cardium pauli (66800)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Cameroon	Cardium pauli (3814 209652 209684)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Brazil	Protocardia pauli (140889)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Brazil (Sergipe)	Protocardia pauli (143707 143720 143726)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Cameroon	Cardium pauli (209647)
Coniacian - Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	Gabon	Protocardia pauli (175358)