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Carydium sociale

Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Carydiidae

Taxonomy
Carydium sociale was named by Beushausen (1895).

It was recombined as Cardium sociale by Edmonds et al. (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Carydium sociale Beushausen
1985Cardium sociale Edmonds et al.
1986Carydium sociale Bailey p. 305

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderModiomorphida(Newell 1969)
superfamilyCycloconchaceaUlrich 1884
familyCarydiidaeHaffer 1959
genusCarydiumBeushausen 1895
speciessocialeBeushausen 1895

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.

Carydium sociale Beushausen 1895
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. B. Bailey 1986Sculpture of fine growth lines. Right cardinal tooth mostly uniform,u ndivided, nonserrated;s ometimes indistinctly A-shaped, medial angle faint. Whereas variants with the angled tooth are common in stratigraphicallyy ounger collections, they are rare in older samples (Haffer, 1959, p. 143).