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Americardia lightbourni

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Americardia lightbourni was named by Lee and Huber (2012) [Rather small and thin-shelled, deeper water Americardia with very numerous ribs, narrow interstices and a marked posterior sulcus]. It is extant. Its type specimen is UF 44279.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Americardia lightbourni Lee and Huber pp. 17-19 figs. 1-11,21

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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
subfamilyFraginaeStewart 1930
genusAmericardia()
specieslightbourni

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.

Americardia lightbourni Lee and Huber 2012
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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 07:19:40
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:19:40
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926
Collections
No collection or age range data are available