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Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) samanicum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium (Trigoniocardia) samanicum was named by Olsson (1928). Its type specimen is PRI 3586, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Casa Saman [Saman Fm], which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/conglomerate in the Saman Formation of Peru.

It was recombined as Schedocardia gatunensis samanica by Woodring (1982); it was recombined as Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) samanicum by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Cardium (Trigoniocardia) samanicum Olsson pp. 78-79 figs. pl. 11, fig. 2
1982Schedocardia gatunensis samanica Woodring p. 635
2008Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) samanicum Hendy et al.

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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
genusTrigoniocardiaDall 1900
subgenusTrigoniocardiaDall 1900
speciessamanicum()

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