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Cardium (Laevicardium) mortoni

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Cardium mortoni Conrad p. 259 figs. Plate X, Figs 5-7
1860Cardium mortoni Holmes p. 26
1904Cardium (Laevicardium) mortoni Glenn p. 322

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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
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyLaevicardiinaeKeen 1936
genusCardiumSwainson 1840
subgenusLaevicardium
speciesmortoni(Conrad 1831)

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 07:20:06
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:20:06
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.80000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Laevicardium mortoni (41501 41718 80002)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Laevicardium mortoni (66604 66612 66621 66622)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Laevicardium mortoni (41705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Laevicardium mortoni (66742 66746)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cardium mortoni (34269) Laevicardium mortoni (41740 80001 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Laevicardium mortoni (60928 66760)