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Lunulacardium ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4576975	https://www.gbif.org/species/4576975
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16180	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16180

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Lunulacardiidae : Lunulacardium

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	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Myalinata	Paul 1939
order	Myalinida	Paul 1939
superfamily	Ambonychioidea
family	Lunulacardiidae	Fischer 1887
genus	Lunulacardium	Münster 1840

Scientific Name

Lunulacardium Münster, 1840

Name Published In

Beitr. zur Petref., (3

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lunulacardium	genus	belongs to Bivalvia	stated without evidence	Hall, 1885
Lunulacardium	genus	belongs to Lunulacardiidae	stated with evidence	Nye et al., 1975
Lunulacardium	genus	belongs to Praecardioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Lunulacardium	genus	belongs to Lunulacardiidae	stated with evidence	Nagel-Myers and Amler, 2007
Lunulacardium	genus	belongs to Lunulacardiidae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

431 - 427 Ma
Silurian

Last Recorded Appearance

388 - 383 Ma
Devonian

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Pteriomorphia)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pteriomorphia)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Cox et al. (1969).

Taphonomy

intermediate,minor ribbing

Primary Reference (PBDB)

G. Münster. 1840. Beitrage zur Petrefactenkunde von Dr. Wissmann und Graf Münster unter Mitwirkung des Dr. Braun miv XIV, nach der Nature gezeichneten Tafeln

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cypricardites marcellensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lunulacardium conexum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lunulacardium curtum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Lunulacardium excrescens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Lunulacardium fragosum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lunulacardium grande species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lunulacardium ornatum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Lunulacardium retrorsum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lunulacardium semistriatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Lunulicardium bifidocostatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Lunulicardium marcellense ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Pinnopsis ornatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Lunulicardium Münster, 1840	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Lunulacardiidae : *Lunulicardium*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1840	Lunulacardium Münster
1885	Lunulicardium Hall p. 435
1975	Lunulacardium Nye et al. p. 293
2002	Lunulacardium Sepkoski, Jr.
2007	Lunulacardium Nagel-Myers and Amler pp. 52 - 53
2010	Lunulacardium Bouchet et al.

References

Münster G. , Beitrage zur Petrefactenkunde von Dr. Wissmann und Graf Münster unter Mitwirkung des Dr. Braun miv XIV, nach der Nature gezeichneten Tafeln, 91-123

Hall J. Lamellibranchiata, II. Descriptions and figures of the Dimaryia of the Upper Helderberg, Hamilton, Portage, and Chemung gruops, New York Geological Survey, Paleontology 5, 269-561

Nye O. B., Brower J. C., et al (1975) Hitchhiking clams in the Marcellus Sea, Bulletins of American Paleontology 67 287, 287-299

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

Nagel-Myers J., Amler M. R. W. (2007) Revision of Late Devonian Lunulacardiidae (Bivalvia) from the German Hercynian Facies, Geologica et Palaeontologica 41 1, 47-79

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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

Beitr. zur Petref., (3 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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