PRAECARDIIDAE R. Hoernes, 1884

Coan, Eugene V., Pacaud, Jean-Michel & Kabat, Alan R., 2024, Gérard-Paul Deshayes (1796 - 1875) and his taxa, Geodiversitas 46 (16), pp. 553-930 : 698-699

Family PRAECARDIIDAE R. Hoernes, 1884

bavaricum, Cardium –Deshayes, 1857-TraitElem: 48, non d’Orbigny, 1850. New species based on Cardium propinquum Münster, 1840 ( Münster 1840: 59, pl. 12, fig. 1a-b), non Münster in Goldfuss, 1837 ( Goldfuss 1837: 222, pl. 145, fig. 1). — Type locality: Elbersreuth, Bavaria, Germany. — Type age: Devonian. Hylleberg (2004: 398, as “1853”, 715). — Current status: probably Praecardiidae (M. Amler, pers. comm., March 14, 2023). braunni, Cardium – Deshayes, 1857-Trait Elem: 45. Replacement name for Cardium planicostatum Braun , in Münster, 1840 ( Münster 1840: 59, pl. 13, fig. 2), non G. B. Sowerby I, 1833. — Type locality: Geiser, Germany. — Type age: Devonian. Listed by Hylleberg (2004: 410). Unnecessary replacement name because it had already been replaced as Cardium braunii d’Orbigny, 1850 .

comptum, Cardium – Deshayes, 1857-TraitElem: 49. Replacement name for Cardium tenuisulcatum Münster, 1840 ( Münster 1840: 65, pl. 13, fig. 13), non Nyst, 1836. — Type locality: Elbersreuth, Bavaria, Germany. — Type age: Devonian. Hylleberg (2004: 446, as “1853”, 799). — Current status: perhaps Praecardiidae (M. Amler, pers. comm., March 14, 2023).

cornutum, Cardium – Deshayes, 1857-TraitElem: 48. Replacement name for Cardium ovatum ( Münster, 1840: 70, pl. 12, fig. 18) [ Lunulacardium ], non Deshayes, 1838. — Type locality: Schübelhammer, Germany. — Type age: Devonian (Famennian). Hylleberg (2004: 450-451, as “1853”, 670). This species name did not need to be replaced, was not used by later authors, and ICZN Code Art. 59.3 can be applied. — Current status: Praecardiidae ( Rogalla & Amler (2006: 44). However, Lunulacardium ovatum Münster is a nomen dubium of uncertain genus, not a Lunulacardium ( Nagel-Myers & Amler 2007: 55, pl. 1, fig. 14).

dilatatum , Cardium – Deshayes, 1857-TraitElem: 45. Replacement name for Cardium latum Münster , in Goldfuss, 1837 ( Goldfuss 1837: 217, pl. 143, fig. 6), non Born, 1778, nec Bruguière, 1789. However, this species had already been renamed as Cardium sublatum d’Orbigny, 1850a (d’Orbigny 1850a: 77, no. 553). — Type locality: Elbersreuth, Bavaria, Germany. — Type age: Devonian. Hylleberg (2004: 470, as “1853”, 595). — Current status: probably Praecardiidae (M. Amler, pers. comm., March 14, 2023).

munsteri, Cardium – Deshayes, 1857-TraitElem: 48. Replacement name for Cardium plicatum Münster , in Goldfuss, 1837 ( Goldfuss 1837: 215-216, pl. 142, fig. 9), non Eichwald, 1829. — Type locality: Elbersreuth, Bavaria, Germany. — Type age: Devonian. Hylleberg (2004: 640, as “1853”). — Current status: probably Praecardiidae (M. Amler, pers. comm., March 14, 2023).

parvum, Cardium – Deshayes, 1857-TraitElem: 45, non da Costa 1778, nec Mawe, 1823, nec G. B. Sowerby, II, 1841, nec Philippi, 1844. Replacement name for Cardium exiguum Eichwald, 1840 ( Eichwald 1840: 84-85; 1859: 6, pl. 51, fig. 8; 1860: 1024), non Gmelin, 1791. — Type locality: Eichwald’s species was from Valdaï, Russia. — Type age: Carboniferous ( Murchison et al. 1845: 390). We are unaware of any modern treatment of Eichwald’s junior homonym and are guessing it belongs in this family. Use of this concept would require a replacement name. Gmelin’s species is the Recent European Parvicardium exiguum (Gmelin, 1791) . — Current status: Praecardiidae (M. Amler, pers. comm., March 20, 2023).

raricostatum , Cardium – Deshayes, 1857-TraitElem: 45. Replacement name for Cardium paucicostatum Münster, 1840 ( Münster 1840: 59, pl. 13, fig. 2), non Deshayes, 1838, but also “ non Murchison, 1831”, nec G. B. Sowerby II, “1841” [actually 1834]. — Type locality: Elbersreuth, Bavaria, Germany. — Type age: Devonian. Hylleberg (2004: 684). — Current status: Honeoyea raricostatum (Deshayes, 1857) ( Branson 1942: 391) .