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Plagiocardium

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2286508	https://www.gbif.org/species/2286508
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18079	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18079

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Cardiidae : Plagiocardium

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioidei	Ferussac 1822
superfamily	Cardioidea
family	Cardiidae	Lamarck 1809
genus	Plagiocardium	Cossmann 1886

Scientific Name

Plagiocardium Cossmann, 1886

Name Published In

Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique, 21

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Plagiocardium	subgenus	belongs to Laevicardium	stated with evidence	Gilbert, 1936
Plagiocardium	genus	belongs to Cardiidae	stated without evidence	Turner, 1938
Plagiocardium	genus	belongs to Cardiinae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Plagiocardium	genus	belongs to Cardiinae	stated without evidence	Freneix et al., 1988
Plagiocardium	genus	belongs to Cardiidae	implied	Lamprell and Whitehead, 1992
Plagiocardium	genus	belongs to Cardiidae	stated with evidence	Schneider, 2002
Plagiocardium	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Cardiidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Cardiidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		41	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Cardium granulosum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cardium ishigakensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plagiocardium granulosum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Plagiocardium ishigakensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Maoricardium pseudolatum species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1866	Plagiocardium Cossmann
1936	Laevicardium (Plagiocardium) Gilbert
1938	Plagiocardium Turner p. 52
1944	Plagiocardium Durham p. 146
1980	Plagiocardium Vokes p. 127
1988	Plagiocardium Freneix et al. p. 427
1992	Plagiocardium Lamprell and Whitehead p. 60
2002	Plagiocardium Schneider p. 351 figs. Figure 25
2002	Plagiocardium Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Turner F. E. (1938) Stratigraphy and Mollusca of the Eocene of western Oregon, Geological Society of America Special Paper 10, 1-130

Durham J. W. (1944) Megafaunal zones of the Oligocene of northwestern Washington, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 27, 101 -212

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Freneix S., Saint Martin J.-P., et al (1988) Bivalves Hétérodontes du Messinien d'Oranie (Algérie occidentale), Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section C: Sciences de la Terre 9 4, 415-453

Lamprell K., Whitehead T. (1992) , Bivalves of Australia 1

Schneider J. A. (2002) Phylogeny of cardiid bivalves (cockles and giant clams): revision of the Cardiinae and theimportance of fossils in explaining dijunct biogeographical distributions, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Socciety 2002 136, 321-369

Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique, 21 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CAAB (extant) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Bouchet et al., 2001 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. - via World Register of Marine Species

Poorten, J.J. ter, 2005. Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS) - via World Register of Marine Species

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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