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Cyamium

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cyamiidae

Taxonomy
Cyamium was named by Philippi (1845). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cyamiidae by Beu et al. (1990), Bouchet et al. (2010).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Cyamium Philippi
1990Cyamium Beu et al. p. 397
2010Cyamium Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderLeptonidinaDall 1889
superfamilyCyamioidea(Philippi 1845)
familyCyamiidaePhilippi 1845
genusCyamiumPhilippi 1845

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.

G. Cyamium Philippi 1845
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Cyamium eximium Wood 1850
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:46:24
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:46:24
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) C. eximium (84755)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina C. sp. (71601 71602 71603 71604)