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Laevicardium

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Bivalvia
    Subclass:  
Heterodonta
    Order:  
Veneroida
    Superfamily:  
Cardiacea
    Family:  
Cardiidae (cockles)
    Subfamily:  
Laevicardiinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Laevicardium SWAINSON, 1840
    Type Species:  
Cardium oblongum Gmelin, 1791, SD STOLICZKA, 1871


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Synonyms

Liocardium, Exocardium


Geographic Distribution

Eu.-Atl.-Pac.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Eoc.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Ypresian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
56
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Rec.
    Ending International Stage:  
Meghalayan
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
0


Description

Ribs faintly to moderately developed, weaker on posterior slope, smooth to threaded or noded




References

Swainson, William, 1840, A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish: The Cabinet Cyclopedia, Nat. History, 420 p., 130 text fig., Longman (London).


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