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Trapezicardium laiensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Trapezicardium laiensis was named by Kanjilal and Srinivasan (2002). Its type locality is Little Andaman: Bivalves & assc. forams, which is in a Miocene marine limestone in India. It is the type species of Trapezicardium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Trapezicardium laiensis Kanjilal and Srinivasan p. 533 fig. 3

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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
subfamilyTrapezicardiinae
genusTrapezicardium
specieslaiensis

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.

Trapezicardium laiensis Kanjilal and Srinivasan 2002
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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: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333India (Andaman and Nicobar) Trapezicardium laiensis (type locality: 46558)