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Conocardium inflatum

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Conocardiidae

Taxonomy
Pleurorhynchus inflatus was named by M'Coy (1844). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Conocardium inflatum by d'Orbigny (1850), de Koninck (1885) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Pleurorhynchus inflatus M'Coy pp. 58 - 59 figs. pl. 9 f. 2
1850Conocardium inflatum d'Orbigny p. 131 figs. pl. 19 f. 11-14
1885Conocardium inflatum de Koninck p. 106 figs. pl. 19 f. 11-14
2023Conocardium inflatum Wagner p. 3068

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classRostroconchia
orderConocardiida()
superfamilyConocardioideaMiller 1889
familyConocardiidae
genusConocardium
speciesinflatum()

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.

Conocardium inflatum M'Coy 1844
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. M'Coy 1844Body of the shell very gibbous, regularly ribbed from the beak; anterior face convex, inflated, smooth, or marked only by lines of growth, separated from the body of the shell by a short, obtuse keel; anterior tube very long, cylindrical, smooth.

This species is allied to the P. minax, Phil., but is distinguished by its more gibbous, and smooth, convex, anterior end. The anterior keel of this shell is interesting from its small size. Length from the beak to the opposite margin seven lines.