WoRMS taxon details
Laevicardiinae Keen, 1951
246145 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246145)
accepted
Subfamily
- Genus Dinocardium Dall, 1900
- Genus Laevicardium Swainson, 1840
- Genus Levicardium [sic] accepted as Laevicardium Swainson, 1840 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, incorrect spelling of genus name)
- Genus Liocardium Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Laevicardium Swainson, 1840 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation, unjustified emmendation for Laevicardium Swainson, 1840)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Keen, A. M. (1951). Outline of a proposed classification of the pelecypod family Cardiidae. <em>Minutes Conchological Club of Southern California.</em> 111: 6-8.
page(s): 7 [details]
page(s): 7 [details]
taxonomy subfamily level generally not used
taxonomy subfamily level generally not used [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Laevicardiinae Keen, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246145 on 2025-07-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Keen, A. M. (1951). Outline of a proposed classification of the pelecypod family Cardiidae. <em>Minutes Conchological Club of Southern California.</em> 111: 6-8.
page(s): 7 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 364-397 [details]
page(s): 7 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 364-397 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
additional source Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
additional source Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
From editor or global species database
taxonomy subfamily level generally not used [details]
