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Laevicardium etheringtoni

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Laevicardium etheringtoni was named by Slodkewitsch (1938) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene; northeastern Pacific.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. elongatum, L. hispanicum, L. shiobarense, L. taracaicum, L. rutteni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Laevicardium etheringtoni Slodkewitsch
2003Laevicardium etheringtoni Kafanov and Ogasawara p. 50

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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
subfamilyLaevicardiinaeKeen 1936
genusLaevicardiumSwainson 1840
speciesetheringtoniSlodkewitsch 1938

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.

†Laevicardium etheringtoni Slodkewitsch 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available