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Avicularium carinatum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium carinatum was named by Bronn (1831). It is not extant. Its type locality is Castelgomberto, eastern Lessini Mountains, which is in a Rupelian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Castelgomberto Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Lithocardium carinatum by Cossmann (1921); it was recombined as Avicularium carinatum by Harzhauser et al. (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Cardium carinatum Bronn p. 105
1861Cardium difficile Michelotti p. 74 figs. Pl. VIII, Fig. 18
1867Cardium girondicum Matheron p. 224
1921Lithocardium carinatum Cossmann
2008Avicularium carinatum Harzhauser et al. p. 205

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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
speciescarinatum()

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 carinatum Bronn 1831
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Invalid names: Cardium difficile Michelotti 1861 [synonym], Cardium girondicum Matheron 1867 [synonym]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Rupelian or 48.07000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Landes) Lithocardium carinatum (238735)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Italy (Vicenza) Cardium carinatum (238730)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Bulgaria Lithocardium carinatum (102397)