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Loxocardium multisquamatum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium multisquamatum was named by Deshayes (1858) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Loxocardium multisquamatum by Le Renard and Pacaud (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. alburgense, L. montense, L. tenuitesta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Cardium multisquamatum Deshayes p. 565
1995Loxocardium multisquamatum Le Renard and Pacaud p. 74

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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
subfamilyOrthocardiinae
genusLoxocardiumCossmann 1886
speciesmultisquamatum(Deshayes 1858)

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.

†Loxocardium multisquamatum Deshayes 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available