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Pseudocardium panzanum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Mulinia panzana was named by Loel and Corey (1932). Its type specimen is UCMP 31792 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. A505, Anderson Creek Canyon, foothills of La Panza Range, which is in a Miocene coastal siliciclastic in the Vaqueros Formation of California.

It was recombined as Pseudocardium panzanum by Moore (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Mulinia panzana Loel and Corey pp. 232 - 233 figs. Plate 45, figures 8, 9
2003Pseudocardium panzanum Moore figs. Plate 5, figure 13

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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
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyMactroidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyMactridaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyMactrinaeLamarck 1809
genusPseudocardium
speciespanzanum()

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.

Pseudocardium panzanum Loel and Corey 1932
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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: 2009-09-09 13:48:47
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:48:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.04000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Mulinia panzana (238241 238256) Pseudocardium panzanum (44927)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (California) Pseudocardium panzanum (44930 44933 44988)