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Laevicardium vitellinum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium vitellinum was named by Reeve (1844). It is extant.

It was recombined as Laevicardium vitellinum by Olsson and Harbison (1953) and Vokes (1989).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Cardium vitellinum Reeve figs. pl. 7, fig. 37
1953Laevicardium vitellinum Olsson and Harbison p. 107
1989Laevicardium vitellinum Vokes p. 128

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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
speciesvitellinum(Reeve 1844)

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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