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Pleuriocardia (Dochmocardia) pauperculum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium pauperculum was named by Meek (1871).

It was recombined as Pleuriocardia (Dochmocardia) pauperculum by Kirkland (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Cardium pauperculum Meek
1996Pleuriocardia (Dochmocardia) pauperculum Kirkland pp. 44 - 45 figs. Plate 44, Figures K–M, P (a); Plate 47, Figure G (a); Plate 48, Figure J (b)

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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
subfamilyPleuriocardiinae
genusPleuriocardiaScott 1978
subgenusDochmocardia
speciespauperculum(Meek 1871)

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 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 Coniacian to the top of the Late/Upper Santonian or 89.80000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (New Mexico) Pleuriocardia pauperculum (87805 200337)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (New Mexico) Cardium pauperculum (88641)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Arizona) Pleuriocardia pauperculum (53504 53511 56071 56072 56073)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Canada (Alberta) Cardium pauperculum (87433)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Canada (Alberta) Cardium pauperculum (89221)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Canada (Alberta) Cardium pauperculum (87434)