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Americardia media

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium medium was named by Linnaeaus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Trigoniocardia (Americardia).

It was recombined as Cardium (Fragum) medium by Glenn (1904) and Olsson (1922); it was recombined as Trigoniocardia (Americardia) medium by Stewart (1930); it was recombined as Trigoniocardia media by Gardner (1943); it was recombined as Trigoniocardia (Americardia) media by Weisbord (1964); it was recombined as Americardia media by Woodring (1982), Vokes (1989) and Perrilliat and Flores-Guerrero (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cardium medium Linnaeaus
1887Hemicardium columba Heilprin
1904Cardium (Fragum) medium Glenn p. 322
1922Cardium (Fragum) medium Olsson p. 226
1930Trigoniocardia (Americardia) medium Stewart pp. 264 - 265
1943Trigoniocardia media Gardner
1953Trigoniocardia (Americardia) columba Olsson and Harbison
1964Trigoniocardia (Americardia) media Weisbord p. 265
1982Americardia media Woodring p. 642
1989Americardia media Vokes p. 122
2011Americardia media Perrilliat and Flores-Guerrero p. 390

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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
subfamilyFraginaeStewart 1930
genusAmericardia()
speciesmedia(Linnaeaus 1758)

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.

Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758
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Invalid names: Hemicardium columba Heilprin 1887 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 07:19:40
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:19:40
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Americardia media (94000 94005)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Americardia media (74967)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Trigoniocardia media (41552)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Americardia media (74964 93640)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Cardium medium (134667)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Haiti Cardium medium (60898)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Americardia media (69093) Cardium medium (58522) Fragum medium (69092 69094)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Americardia media (131210 131217 131218 131237 131363)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) Americardia media (134767 134768) Trigoniocardia media (59420)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Trigoniocardia media (59307)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Americardia media (69029) Trigoniocardia columba (79331 79338)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Cardium medium (80304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Trigoniocardia media (59316)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Cardium medium (75425)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Cardium medium (60880)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Costa Rica Trigoniocardia media (135044)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Cardium medium (66764 66769 66770 66775)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Americardia media (67069)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Americardia media (67966 67969)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Bahamas Americardia media (80676)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Americardia media (80407 80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Americardia media (80677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Americardia media (80853)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Americardia media (80680)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Americardia media (131223)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Americardia media (97610)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia Trigonicardium media (97680)