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  • Acanthocardia paucicostata (Sowerby, 1839)


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    FranzBernhard

    Taxonomy

    heart clam

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Bivalvia
    Order: Cardiida
    Family: Cardiidae
    Genus: Acanthocardia
    Species: Acanthocardia paucicostata
    Author Citation Sowerby, 1839

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Neogene
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Miocene
    International Age: Langhian

    Stratigraphy

    unknown formation
    Florianer Schichten

    Provenance

    Collector: Franz Bernhard
    Date Collected: 11/29/2016
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Width: 17 mm

    Location

    Fuggaberg (villiage west of St. Josef)
    St. Josef
    Styria
    Austria

    Comments

    Acanthocardia paucicostata with matrix. Note the prominent spines, which can develop into spoons in some specimens. Compare with a recent specimen from WoRMS: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=image&tid=138993&pic=65227

    Exact locality is Fuggaberg-3, west of St. Josef, in my own documentation. The fauna of this outcrop is by far (> 80 %) dominated by the mud snail Granulolabium bicinctum (Brocchi, 1814), which is a typical inhabitant of intertidal mudflats. A. paucicostata is a relatively abundant species in this occurrence.

     

    The sediments in the area belong "Florianer Schichten", which are part of the western Styrian basin at the eastern margin of the Alps.

    The "Florianer Schichten" are about 15 Ma old (Langhian, or "Badenian" in Paratethys stratigraphic terms).

     

    Ref: Messner, F. & Bernhard, F. (2017): Eine aktuelle Fossilfundstelle bei Fuggaberg westlich St. Josef in der Weststeiermark (Florianer Schichten, mittleres Miozän). Der Steirische Mineralog, 32, 5-10.

     

     




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    Beautiful creature, great details.

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    FranzBernhard

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    Thanks, Innocentx!

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