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Carydium clarkei

Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Carydiidae

Taxonomy
Carydium clarkei was named by Bailey (1986) [Carydium gregarium Beushausen sensu Clarke 1909: 141, pl. 33 f. 11-14, no pl. 5 f. 6-12)]. Its type specimen is NYSM I 8761 (9099E/4, serial no. 7402230), a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Pine Hill section, near Highland Mills, which is in a Pragian carbonate sandstone in the Oriskany Formation of New York.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Carydium clarkei Bailey p. 321 fig. 4.7–4.8

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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
speciesclarkei

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Carydium clarkei Bailey 1986
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