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Chesacardium craticuloides

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium craticuloides was named by Conrad (1845).

It was recombined as Cardium (Cerastoderma) craticuloides by Glenn (1904); it was recombined as Chesacardium craticuloides by Ward (1992) and Ward (1998).

Synonyms
  • Cardium patuxentium was named by Glenn (1904). It is a 3D body fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Chesacardium craticuloides by Ward (1998).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Cardium craticuloides Conrad
1904Cardium patuxentium Glenn
1904Cardium (Cerastoderma) craticuloides Glenn p. 319
1992Chesacardium craticuloides Ward p. 88
1998Chesacardium craticuloides Ward p. 81

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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
Neocardiids
EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyCardiinaeLamarck 1809
genusChesacardium
speciescraticuloides(Conrad 1845)

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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Invalid names: Cardium patuxentium Glenn 1904 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-04 09:31:14
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:21:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Cardium patuxentium (59335 59337 59717 92759 92764 92765)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) Chesacardium craticuloides (18579)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Chesacardium craticuloides (55517 68975)