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Laevicardium

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Laevicardium Swainson p. 373
1864Cardium (Laevicardium) Gabb p. 171
1869Cardium (Laevicardium) Gabb p. 187
1904Cardium (Laevicardium) Glenn p. 322
1935Laevicardium Oostingh p. 180
1947Cardium (Laevicardium) Gardner p. 142
1964Dinocardium (Exocardium) Olsson
1973Laevicardium Marasti p. 108
1980Laevicardium Vokes p. 129
1982Laevicardium Dockery p. 74
1982Laevicardium Woodring p. 646
1987Laevicardium Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1992Laevicardium Lamprell and Whitehead p. 70
1995Laevicardium Schneider p. 339
2002Laevicardium Sepkoski
2003Laevicardium Moore
2010Laevicardium Moths et al.
2012Laevicardium Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 421

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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

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. Laevicardium Swainson 1840
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Subg. †Laevicardium (Habecardium) Glibert and van de Poel 1970
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Laevicardium biradiatum Bruguière 1789
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Invalid names: Laevicardium norvegicum Spengler 1797 [synonym]
Laevicardium ecuadoriale Olsson 1932
Laevicardium elatum Sowerby I 1833
Laevicardium etheringtoni Slodkewitsch 1938
Laevicardium leptorimum Dockery 1982
Laevicardium lobulatum Vidal and Kirkendale 2007
Laevicardium nemocardiforme Kafanov and Savizky 1983
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Invalid names: Cardium (Laevicardium) oblongum Trentanove 1901 [synonym]
Laevicardium papyraceum Bruguière 1792
Laevicardium pictum Ravenel 1861
Laevicardium pristis Bory de Saint-Vincent 1827
Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Laevicardium laevigatum Linnaeus 1758 [replaced]
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Invalid names: Cardium cruentatum Gould 1855 [synonym], Cardium elenense Sowerby II 1840 [synonym], Laevicardium apicinum Carpenter 1864 [synonym], Laevicardium pedernalense Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 [synonym]
Laevicardium tristiculum Yokoyama 1924
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Invalid names: Laevicardium esutoruensis Krishtofovich 1957 [synonym]
Invalid names: Exocardium Olsson 1964 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 07:20:06
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:20:06
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Neocomian to the top of the Holocene or 145.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 130.0 Ma

Collections (431 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neocomian145.0 - 130.0Japan (Gumma) L. ishidoense (40488)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Japan L. corpulentum (69101) L. ishidoense (69104)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Japan (Kochi) L. corpulentum (40222)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Japan (Kumamoto) L. ishidoense (40469 40601)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain L. hispanicum (66129)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Hungary L. sp. (78013)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Indonesia L. subfragile (70082 79524)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Italy Habecardium cordorotundum (177603)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) L. gardnerae (90704)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0New Zealand (Canterbury) L. sp. (50149)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy L. sp. (78617)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Belgium L. tenuisulcatum (3715)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Alabama) L. sp. (3538)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) L. nicense (10703)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Georgia) Cardium sp. (60838)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Argentina L. sp. (71600)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Essonne) L. tenuisulcatum (9073 9076 9078 9079 9098 9130 9131 9132 9133 9134 9135 9169 9171 9172 9173 9175 9177 9179 9180 9181 9193 9266 9267 9268 9269) Parvicardium tenuisulcatum (9174)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Russian Federation L. taracaicum (70518) L. tristiculum (70445)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) L. tenuisulcatum (68021)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Russian Federation L. puchlense (49980)