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Carditella aldrichi

Bivalvia - Carditida - Condylocardiidae

Taxonomy
Pleuromeris aldrichi was named by Harris (1919). Its type specimen is USNM 646501, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cardita aldrichi by Casey (1903); it was recombined as Venericardia (Pleuromeris) aldrichi by Palmer and Brann (1965); it was recombined as Carditella aldrichi by Dockery (1982) and Dockery (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Cardita aldrichi Casey p. 264
1919Pleuromeris aldrichi Harris p. 95 figs. pl. 32, figs. 26-29
1965Venericardia (Pleuromeris) aldrichi Palmer and Brann
1982Carditella aldrichi Dockery

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(FĂ©russac 1822)
familyCondylocardiidaeBernard 1896
subfamilyCarditellinaeKuroda et al. 1971
genusCarditellaSmith 1881
speciesaldrichi()

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.

Carditella aldrichi Harris 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-07-05 10:11:54
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:24:03
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily
References: Todd 2001, Sanchez Roig 1926

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

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Venericardia aldrichi (90600)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Carditella aldrichi (5947 6002)