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Hippocardia angelicum

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae

Taxonomy
Conocardium angelicum was named by Talent and Philip (1956). Its type locality is Old Toongabbie Marble Quarry, Upper Quarry, Marble Creek, which is in a Siegen carbonate limestone in the Toongabble Limestone Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Hippocardia angelicum by Tassell (1982) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Conocardium angelicum Talent and Philip pp. 67 - 68 figs. pl. 7 f. 23-25
1982Hippocardia angelicum Tassell p. 7 figs. pl. 2 f. 1-3
2023Hippocardia angelicum Wagner p. 2936

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classRostroconchia
orderConocardiida()
superfamilyHippocardioideaPojeta and Runnegar 1976
familyHippocardiidae
genusHippocardia
speciesangelicum()

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.

Hippocardia angelicum Talent and Philip 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryc
Life habit: semi-infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-03-19 04:13:00
Modified: 2008-03-19 06:13:00
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Siegen or 412.30000 to 409.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Siegen412.3 - 409.1Australia (Victoria) Conocardium angelicum (type locality: 56698)