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Hippocardia pulchellum

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae

Taxonomy
Conocardium pulchellum was named by White and Whitfield (1862). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Bransonia pulchellum by Hoare (1990); it was recombined as Hippocardia pulchellum by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Conocardium pulchellum White and Whitfield
1901Conocardium pulchellum Weller p. 190 figs. pl. 17 f. 2-3
1953Conocardium pulchellum Hyde p. 318
1990Bransonia pulchellum Hoare p. 730
2023Hippocardia pulchellum Wagner p. 4119

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classRostroconchia
orderConocardiida()
superfamilyHippocardioideaPojeta and Runnegar 1976
familyHippocardiidae
genusHippocardia
speciespulchellum(White and Whitfield 1862)

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.

Hippocardia pulchellum White and Whitfield 1862
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryc
Life habit: semi-infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-03-19 04:13:00
Modified: 2008-03-19 06:13:00
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Mississippian or 358.86000 to 323.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (California) Conocardium pulchellum (214521)