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Avicularium avicularium

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardita avicularia was named by Lamarck (1805). It is not extant. Its type locality is Field near Grignon (Lamarck collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone in France.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cardium lithocardium by Lamarck (1819); it was recombined as Avicularium avicularium by Gray (1853); it was recombined as Avicularium aviculare by Schneider (1998), Harzhauser et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1805Cardita avicularia Lamarck
1853Avicularium avicularium Gray p. 41
1998Avicularium aviculare Schneider
2008Avicularium aviculare Harzhauser et al.

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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
subfamilyTridacninae(Lamarck 1819)
genusAvicularium
speciesavicularium()

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.

Avicularium avicularium Lamarck 1805
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationarysubf
Attached: yessubf
Life habit: epifaunalsubf
Diet: photosymbioticsubf
Diet 2: suspension feedersubf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-01 19:16:05
Modified: 2010-02-17 01:38:50
Source: subf = subfamily, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Île-de-France) Cardita avicularia (184146)