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Patrocardia cuspidata

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae

Taxonomy
Hemicardium cuspidatum was named by Barrande (1881).

It was recombined as Patrocardia cuspidata by Kříž (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Hemicardium cuspidatum Barrande figs. pl. 249 f. 8-18
1999Patrocardia cuspidata Kříž pp. 291 - 294

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyAmbonychioidea(Miller 1877)
familyLunulacardiidaeFischer 1887
genusPatrocardiaFischer 1887
speciescuspidata(Barrande 1881)

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.

Patrocardia cuspidata Barrande 1881
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: minorg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-05 13:38:54
Modified: 2009-06-05 15:38:54
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Eaton 1871, Aberhan et al. 2004, Cox et al. 1969

Age range: Pridoli or 422.70000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Morocco Hemicardium cuspidatum (27458)