MolluscaBase name details
Chesacardium Ward, 1992 †
1815821 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1815821)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Cardium laqueatum Conrad, 1831 † accepted as Chesacardium laqueatum (Conrad, 1831) † (type by original designation)
- Species Chesacardium craticuloides (Conrad, 1845) †
- Species Chesacardium laqueatum (Conrad, 1831) †
- Species Chesacardium leptopleura (Conrad, 1841) †
- Species Chesacardium acutilaqueatum (Conrad, 1839) † accepted as Planicardium acutilaqueatum (Conrad, 1839) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
neuter
Ward, L. W. (1992). Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene, Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History Memoir.</em> 2: 1-147, 36 figs., 26 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63498715
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Ward, L. W. (1992). Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene, Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History Memoir.</em> 2: 1-147, 36 figs., 26 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63498715
page(s): 88-89 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Schneider, J. A. (2002). Phylogeny of cardiid bivalves (cockles and giant clams): revision of the Cardiinae and the importance of fossils in explaining disjunct biogeographical distributions. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 136(3): 321-369., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00030.x
page(s): 362 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 88-89 [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Schneider, J. A. (2002). Phylogeny of cardiid bivalves (cockles and giant clams): revision of the Cardiinae and the importance of fossils in explaining disjunct biogeographical distributions. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 136(3): 321-369., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00030.x
page(s): 362 [details] Available for editors
