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Pseudocardium densatum minor

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy

Mulinia densata minor was named by Arnold (1909). Its type specimen is USNM 165601, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pseudocardium densatum minor by Moore (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. panzana, Spisula densata, Spisula evalensis, Spisula ezodensata, Spisula ikusaensis, Spisula panzana, Spisula sachalinensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1909	Mulinia densata minor Arnold p. 54 figs. . Plate V, figure 6. . (See alsaPL XVII, figs. 3 and 4, and PL XXI, fig. 3.)
2003	Pseudocardium densatum minor Moore figs. Plate 5, figure 4

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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
—	Veneroidei	(Gray 1854)
—	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Mactroidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Mactridae	Lamarck 1809
subfamily	Mactrinae	Lamarck 1809
genus	Pseudocardium
species	densatum	()
subspecies	minor	()

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 densatum minor Arnold 1909

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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: Middle Miocene or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	USA (California)	Pseudocardium densatum (44932 44934 44936 44939 44940 44941 44980)