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Laevicardium serratum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium serratum was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Recent; circum-Caribbean.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cardium (Laevicardium) serratum by Gabb (1881), Brown and Pilsbry (1911), Olsson (1922), Weisbord (1929) and Anderson (1929); it was synonymized subjectively with Cardium laevigatum by Vokes (1989); it was recombined as Laevicardium serratum by Holmes (1860) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. elongatum, L. hispanicum, L. shiobarense, L. taracaicum, L. rutteni

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cardium serratum Linnaeus
1758Cardium laevigatum Linnaeus p. 680
1758Cardium serratum Linnaeus p. 680
1860Laevicardium serratum Holmes p. 25
1881Cardium (Laevicardium) serratum Gabb p. 374
1909Cardium (Laevicardium) dalli Toula p. 722 figs. pl. 27, fig. 6
1911Cardium (Laevicardium) dalli Brown and Pilsbry p. 367
1911Cardium (Laevicardium) serratum Brown and Pilsbry p. 367
1922Cardium (Laevicardium) serratum Olsson p. 228
1924Cardium gorgasi Hanna p. 160
1929Cardium (Laevicardium) gorgasi Anderson p. 165
1929Cardium (Laevicardium) serratum Anderson p. 165
1929Cardium (Laevicardium) serratum Weisbord p. 20
1962Laevicardium laevigatum DuBar
1982Laevicardium laevigatum Woodring p. 647
1989Laevicardium laevigatum Vokes p. 127
2008Laevicardium serratum 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
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyLaevicardiinaeKeen 1936
genusLaevicardiumSwainson 1840
speciesserratum(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

†Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Laevicardium laevigatum Linnaeus 1758 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 07:20:06
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:20:06
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (109 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Laevicardium laevigatum (42627 42631)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Cardium serratum (60979) Laevicardium laevigatum (65162 112590)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Maranhao) Laevicardium laevigatum (112598)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Brazil (Para) Laevicardium laevigatum (58454)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Atlantico) Cardium serratum (60678)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Panama Laevicardium laevigatum (42598 52173)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Puerto Rico Cardium serratum (80245 80287)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Laevicardium laevigatum (80019)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Laevicardium laevigatum (74934 74935 131371 131472 131473 131475 131510 131512 131514 131518)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Laevicardium laevigatum (145254 145332 145355)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Laevicardium laevigatum (93168 93169)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Cardium serratum (58824 58870)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Cardium gorgasi (88296) Laevicardium laevigatum (131220)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Bolívar) Cardium serratum (88308 88316)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Laevicardium laevigatum (75042 89559 94099 131497)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Laevicardium laevigatum (74911 75037)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Cardium serratum (58815 58822 58823)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Cardium gorgasi (88294)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Laevicardium laevigatum (60644)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Laevicardium laevigatum (74968 74970 93715 93733)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Cardium serratum (134678)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Laevicardium laevigatum (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Laevicardium laevigatum (131210 131363)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) Laevicardium laevigatum (134769)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Colombia (La Guajira) Laevicardium serratum (136994 156719 157271 157969)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Cardium serratum (58522) Laevicardium laevigatum, Laevicardium serratum (69093) Laevicardium serratum (69092 69094)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Cardium serratum (59484)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Cardium serratum (134653)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Mexico (Veracruz) Laevicardium serratum (59292)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Laevicardium laevigatum (41501 61309 69029 79788 79789)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Cardium serratum (80304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Laevicardium laevigatum (79339 79340)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Laevicardium serratum (203376)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Laevicardium laevigatum (80030)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Venezuela Laevicardium laevigatum (131267 131268)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Cardium serratum (66764)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Cardium serratum (75422 75423 75425)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Laevicardium laevigatum (67947)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Bahamas Laevicardium laevigatum (80676)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Laevicardium laevigatum (61310 67069 80046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda Laevicardium laevigatum (67948)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Laevicardium laevigatum (80680)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Laevicardium laevigatum (66742 66746)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Laevicardium laevigatum (80677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Laevicardium laevigatum (80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Laevicardium laevigatum (66758 69046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Laevicardium laevigatum (80837 80853)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cardium serratum (34269) Laevicardium laevigatum (41715 69034 69038 69040 69084 69087 70010 80027) Laevicardium serratum (96538)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Laevicardium laevigatum (131223)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Laevicardium laevigatum (41935 92776)