MolluscaBase taxon details
Chesacardium leptopleura (Conrad, 1841) †
1815834 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1815834)
accepted
Species
Chesacardium Ward, 1992 † accepted as Planicardium Olsson, 1967 †
Cardium leptopleura Conrad, 1841 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Cardium leptopleura Conrad, 1841 †) Conrad, T. A. (1841). Description of twenty-six new species of Fossil shells, discovered by him in the Medial Tertiary deposits of Calvert Cliffs, Maryland. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 1(3): 28-33., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1779130
page(s): 29 [details]
page(s): 29 [details]
Type locality contained in Maryland
type locality contained in Maryland [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chesacardium leptopleura (Conrad, 1841) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1815834 on 2025-09-10
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(of Cardium leptopleura Conrad, 1841 †) Conrad, T. A. (1841). Description of twenty-six new species of Fossil shells, discovered by him in the Medial Tertiary deposits of Calvert Cliffs, Maryland. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 1(3): 28-33., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1779130
page(s): 29 [details]
basis of record 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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page(s): 29 [details]
basis of record 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): 89 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
