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Hedecardium (Hedecardium) moniletectum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium moniletectum was named by Tate (1887) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Southern Australia]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Hedecardium (Hedecardium) moniletectum by Schneider (2002); it was recombined as Hedecardium moniletectum by Darragh (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. cantauriense, H. waitakiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Cardium moniletectum Tate p. 151 figs. pl. 14, figs. 3a-b
2002Hedecardium (Hedecardium) moniletectum Schneider p. 356 figs. Table 7
2017Hedecardium moniletectum Darragh p. 98

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
—Neocardiids
—EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyOrthocardiinae
genusHedecardiumMarwick 1944
subgenusHedecardiumMarwick 1944
speciesmoniletectum()

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