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Acanthocardia paucicostata

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Acanthocardia paucicostata was named by Sowerby (1834). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. carolimartini, A. delanouei, A. denticulata, A. greenoughi, A. griesbachi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Acanthocardia paucicostata Sowerby

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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
speciespaucicostataSowerby 1834

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.

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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 Badenian to the top of the Holocene or 13.82000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Bulgaria Acanthocardia paucicostata (60288 60292 60312)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland Acanthocardia paucicostata (32515 32516 51687)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Morocco Acanthocardia paucicostata (173166)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Algeria (Relizane) Acanthocardia paucicostata (168387)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Acanthocardia paucicostata (178117)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Acanthocardia paucicostata (77008)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Acanthocardia paucicostata (76576 76579 76580)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Acanthocardia paucicostata (56806)