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Trachycardium eufaulensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium eufaulense was named by Conrad (1860) [m. kosnik taxon no: 6489].

It was recombined as Pleuriocardia (Dochmocardia) eufaulensis by Scott (1978); it was recombined as Trachycardium eufaulensis by Kosnik (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Cardium eufaulense Conrad
1978Pleuriocardia (Dochmocardia) eufaulensis Scott p. 894
2002Trachycardium eufaulensis Kosnik

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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
subfamilyTrachycardiinaeStewart 1930
genusTrachycardiumMörch 1853
specieseufaulensis(Conrad 1860)

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 07:20:41
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:20:41
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (109 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) Cardium eufaulense (87677 190550 190551 190553 190554 190555 190579)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Pleuriocardia eufaulensis (6171)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Trachycardium eufaulensis (4258)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Trachycardium eufaulensis (4380)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Trachycardium eufaulensis (4525 4527 4543 4547 4552 4594 4595 4596 4597 4598 4622 4623 4624 4625)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Trachycardium eufaulensis (4239 4241 4242 4247 4248 4261 4262 4264 4270 4271 4273 4274 4275 4276 4286 4329 4330)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Trachycardium eufaulensis (4265 4266 4267 4268 4269 4277 4278 4279 4281 4282 4292 4293 4295 4296 4297 4298 4299 4301 4303 4304 4334 4336 4337)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Trachycardium eufaulensis (4100 4101 4103 4104 4105 4107 4108 4109 4110 4111 4112 4113 4114 4115 4116 4118)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Trachycardium eufaulensis (4106 4127)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Trachycardium eufaulensis (4418 4455 4456 4459 4465 4466 4467 4489)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Trachycardium eufaulensis (4364 4365 4366 4367 4368 4369 4370 4371 4372 4373 4374 4376)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Trachycardium eufaulensis (4237)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) Trachycardium eufaulensis (4342 4343 4344 4349 4350 4351)