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Plagiocardium (Schedocardia) brewerii hartleyense

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium hartleyensis was named by Clark and Woodford (1927). Its type specimen is UCMP 31277 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 3152, Deer Valley, which is in a Ypresian coastal sandstone in the Meganos Formation of California.

It was synonymized subjectively with Plagiocardium (Schedocardia) brewerii by Stewart (1930); it was recombined as Plagiocardium (Schedocardia) brewerii hartleyense by Vokes (1939).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Cardium hartleyensis Clark and Woodford p. 94 figs. 15: 11
1939Plagiocardium (Schedocardia) brewerii hartleyense Vokes p. 75 figs. PLATE 11, FIGURE 7

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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
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
Neocardiids
EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyCardiinaeLamarck 1809
genusPlagiocardium()
subgenusSchedocardia
speciesbrewerii()
subspecieshartleyense()

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.

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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: 2009-07-04 09:31:14
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:21:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Cardium hartleyensis (type locality: 52422 52433) Plagiocardium brewerii (122294)