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Laevicardium multipunctatum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium multipunctatum was named by Sowerby (1833) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Recent; Australia, Vanuatu.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Cardium (Laevicardium) multipunctatum by Abrard (1947); it was recombined as Laevicardium multipunctatum by Hendy (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Cardium multipunctatum Sowerby
1947Cardium (Laevicardium) multipunctatum Abrard
2007Laevicardium multipunctatum Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyLaevicardiinaeKeen 1936
genusLaevicardiumSwainson 1840
speciesmultipunctatum(Sowerby 1833)

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