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Bucardium

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Bucardium was named by Gray (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cardium (Bucardium) by Freneix and Grant-Mackie (1978).

It was assigned to Cardium by Freneix and Grant-Mackie (1978); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cardiinae by Schneider (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Bucardium Gray
1978Cardium (Bucardium) Freneix and Grant-Mackie p. 509
2002Bucardium Schneider p. 351 figs. Figure 25
2002Bucardium Sepkoski

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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
Neocardiids
EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyCardiinaeLamarck 1809
genusBucardiumGray 1853

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.

G. Bucardium Gray 1853
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Subg. Bucardium (Bucardium) Gray 1853
Cardium (Bucardium) lillei Freneix and Grant-Mackie 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-04 09:31:14
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:21:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Piripauan to the top of the Burdigalian or 85.80000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.5 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piripauan85.8 - 83.5New Zealand Acanthocardia acuticostata (78369 78374 83521 83525)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Chile (Valparaíso) B. acuticostatum (124311)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Chile Cardium acuticostatum (157301)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Chile (Biobio) Cardium acuticostatum (150921)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Cardium sp. (62882)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria B. hoernesianum, B. burdigalinum (65161)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany B. hians (164944 164945) B. sp. (111599)