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Acrosterigma (Vasticardium) arenicola

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium arenicola was named by Reeve (1845) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Cardium (Trachycardium) arenicola by Abrard (1947); it was recombined as Acrosterigma (Vasticardium) arenicola by Hendy (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Vasticardium ogurai, Vasticardium transcendens

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Cardium arenicola Reeve
1947Cardium (Trachycardium) arenicola Abrard
2007Acrosterigma (Vasticardium) arenicola Hendy

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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
genusAcrosterigmaDall 1900
subgenusVasticardium(Iredale 1927)
speciesarenicola(Reeve 1845)

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
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