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Hedecardium (Iheringicardium) philippi

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium philippi was named by Ihering (1897) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene-Miocene; Chile, Argentina.]. It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Patagonicardium.

It was recombined as Patagonicardium philippii by Frassinetti and Covacevich (1999); it was recombined as Hedecardium (Iheringicardium) philippi by Schneider (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Cardium philippi Ihering
1999Patagonicardium philippii Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 30
2002Hedecardium (Iheringicardium) philippi Schneider p. 356 figs. Table 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
subfamilyOrthocardiinae
genusHedecardiumMarwick 1944
subgenusIheringicardium
speciesphilippi(Ihering 1897)

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