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Cardita (Venericardia) laurae

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy

Venericardia laurae was named by Brongniart (1823) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Europe, Pakistan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cardita (Venericardia) laurae by Vredenburg (1928).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. aculeata, C. chmeietensis, C. cumanesa, C. elongata, C. fayumensis, C. globiformis, C. koroniensis, C. liveoakensis, C. mansuyi, C. newtoni, C. rotonda, C. suborbicularis, C. apotegea, C. subnipponica, C. albasiensis, C. squamosissima, Venericardia agriculturae, Venericardia amazoniana, Venericardia awamoensis, Venericardia bisculpta, Venericardia crebrisulcata, Venericardia elegantula, Venericardia forgemoli, Venericardia globosa, Venericardia horni, Venericardia intermedia, Venericardia liasina, Venericardia liasinum, Venericardia millegrana, Venericardia nagaoi, Venericardia okinoshimensis, Venericardia quadriangulata, Venericardia rutoti, Venericardia smillina, Venericardia turneri, Venericardia withlacoochensis, Venericardia monilifera, Venericardia vestitoides, Venericardia leonensis, Venericardia gardnerae, Venericardia guajirensis, Venericardia sabinensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1823	Venericardia laurae Brongniart p. 80 figs. pl. 5, fig. 3
1928	Cardita (Venericardia) laurae Vredenburg p. 438

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Carditioni	Dall 1889
order	Carditida	(Dall 1889)
superfamily	Crassatelloidea	(Férussac 1822)
family	Carditidae	Fleming 1820
subfamily	Venericardiinae	Chavan 1969
genus	Cardita	Lamarck 1801
subgenus	Venericardia
species	laurae	(Brongniart 1823)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Cardita (Venericardia) laurae Brongniart 1823

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitesuperf

Environment:

marinesuperf

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilef

Life habit:

shallow infaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindsuperf

Created:

2018-02-27 11:34:57

Modified:

2018-03-04 20:18:07

Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily

References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Stanley 1970, Eames 1951

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Rupelian or 41.30000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	France	Venericardia laurae (78567)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Romania	Cardita laurae (102026)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Italy	Venericardia laurae (78565)
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	Pakistan	Cardita laurae (77159)