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Nemocardium (Nemocardium) eocenense

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Unicardium eocenense was named by Meyer (1887) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Oligocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is USNM 644605, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cordiula eocenense by Moore (1969); it was recombined as Nemocardium (Nemocardium) eocenense by Dockery (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. carteri, N. gambrinum, N. honi, N. superbum, N. tristiculum, N. samarangae, N. marwicki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Unicardium eocenense Meyer p. 53
1969Cordiula eocenense Moore p. 511
1982Nemocardium (Nemocardium) eocenense Dockery p. 72

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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
subfamilyFraginaeStewart 1930
genusNemocardiumMeek 1876
subgenusNemocardiumMeek 1876
specieseocenense(Meyer 1887)

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