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Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum costaricanum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium (Trachycardium) costaricanum was named by Olsson (1922). Its type specimen is PRI 21254, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East Grape Point Creek, which is in a Pliocene marine siliciclastic in Costa Rica.

It was recombined as Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum costaricanum by Woodring (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Cardium (Trachycardium) costaricanum Olsson p. 226 figs. pl. 27, fig. 3
1982Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum costaricanum Woodring p. 641

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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
genusTrachycardiumMörch 1853
subgenusMexicardia
speciesdominicanum(Dall 1900)
subspeciescostaricanum()

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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