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Mexicardia procera (slender cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium procerum was named by Sowerby (1833). It is extant. It is the type species of Trachycardium (Mexicardia).

It was recombined as Trachycardium (Mexicardia) procerum by Stewart (1930), Woodring (1982), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012); it was recombined as Trachycardium procerum by Bruff (1946); it was recombined as Ringicardium procerum by Hertlein (1956); it was recombined as Laevicardium procerum by Barth (1956); it was recombined as Mexicardia procera by Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
  • Cardium panamense was named by Sowerby I (1833). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Trachycardium (Mexicardia) panamense by Keen (1971); it was recombined as Trachycardium panamense by Powell and Stevens (2000); it was synonymized subjectively with Trachycardium (Mexicardia) procerum by Coan et al. (2000).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Cardium procerum Sowerby
1833Cardium panamense Sowerby I
1895Cardium procerum Ashley p. 344
1930Trachycardium (Mexicardia) procerum Stewart pp. 256 - 257
1946Trachycardium procerum Bruff p. 233
1956Laevicardium procerum Barth
1956Ringicardium procerum Hertlein
1971Trachycardium (Mexicardia) panamense Keen
1982Trachycardium (Mexicardia) procerum Woodring p. 640
2000Trachycardium panamense Powell and Stevens
2012Trachycardium (Mexicardia) procerum Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 414
2021Mexicardia procera Hendy

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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
subfamilyTrachycardiinaeStewart 1930
genusMexicardiaMörch 1853
speciesprocera(Sowerby 1833)

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.

Mexicardia procera Sowerby 1833 [slender cockle]
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Invalid names: Cardium panamense Sowerby I 1833 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 07:20:56
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:20:56
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (57 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Cardium procerum (66795)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Chile (Antofagasta) Mexicardia procera (96707)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Chile (Copiapó) Trachycardium procerum (222835)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ecuador Cardium procerum (97638)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica Cardium procerum (66793)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Peru Trachycardium procerum (80487)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Ecuador (Manabi) Trachycardium procerum (48665)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica Cardium procerum (66777)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Chile (Copiapó) Trachycardium procerum (222836 222876 222881 222882)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Trachycardium procerum (237610)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Trachycardium procerum (96565)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Chile (Copiapó) Trachycardium procerum (223446 223448 223450 223451)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Ecuador Cardium procerum (97639)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Cardium procerum (222663) Trachycardium panamense (71051)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Cardium panamense (222646) Trachycardium procerum (222954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru (Moquegua) Trachycardium procerum (43708 43717 43718 43720)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Cardium procerum (96556 96557 96558 96561) Trachycardium panamense (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Trachycardium procerum (76643)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Trachycardium procerum (147802 147803)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cardium procerum (59063 96589 222660 222661 222674) Laevicardium procerum (96895) Trachycardium panamense (96935 96936 96937 96938 96939) Trachycardium procerum (96566 160361 219029 219030 222953 222955 226458 240612)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Panama (Panama) Mexicardia procera (160395)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Trachycardium procerum (97643 97645)