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Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium muricatum was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Holocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Cardium (Trachycardium) muricatum by Dall (1900); it was recombined as Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum by da Silva Forti (1969); it was recombined as Trachycardium muricatum by Massemin et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cardium muricatum Linnaeus p. 680
1860Cardium muricatum Holmes p. 24
1900Cardium (Trachycardium) muricatum Dall p. 1089
1969Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum da Silva Forti p. 81
2009Trachycardium muricatum Massemin et al. p. 308

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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
subfamilyTrachycardiinaeStewart 1930
genusTrachycardium()
subgenusDallocardia
speciesmuricatum(Linnaeus 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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available