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Cardita

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Cardita Bruguière
1904Cardita Glenn p. 343
1925Cardita Woodring p. 98
1928Cardita Nagao p. 53
1957Cardita Rivera p. 193
1958Cardita DuBar p. 163
1964Cardita Faustman p. 118
1966Cardita Fleming p. 24
1967Cardita Olsson p. 9
1970Cardita Scott p. 71
1980Cardita Vokes p. 117
1986Cardita Kensley and Pether p. 204
1988Cardita Freneix et al. p. 422
1990Cardita Beu et al. p. 397
1992Cardita Lamprell and Whitehead p. 54
1992Cardita Moore p. 11
2002Cardita Sepkoski
2004Cardita Vera-Peláez et al. p. 255
2010Cardita Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
genusCarditaBruguière 1792

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.

G. Cardita Bruguière 1792
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Subg. †Cardita (Actinobolus) Mörch 1853
Subg. †Cardita (Bryssomera) Olsson 1961
Subg. Cardita (Cardita) Bruguiére 1792
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Cardita (Cardita) gabrielensis Clark and Durham 1946
Cardita alata Tate 1886
Cardita alticosta Gabb 1869
Cardita analis Philippi 1836
Cardita aoteana Finlay 1927
Cardita arduini Brongniart 1823
Cardita avicularia Lamarck 1805
Cardita barroneti Munier-Chalmas 1881
Cardita beaumonti d'Archiac and Haime 1854
Cardita belviderensis Cragin 1894
Cardita beneckei Bittner 1895
Cardita berjadinensis Hodson 1927
Cardita bilineata Conrad 1848
Cardita caribbeanensis Olsson 1922
Cardita chamaeformis Sowerby 1825
Cardita compta Tate 1886
Cardita corbis Philippi 1836
Cardita cordellai Bittner 1892
Cardita costaenodulosis Newton 1922
Cardita crassicosta Lamarck 1819
Cardita cuneata Cossmann 1882
Cardita decusata Münster 1841
Cardita delicatula Tate 1886
Cardita dupini d'Orbigny 1843
Cardita excrescens Pritchard 1903
Cardita granigera Guembel 1861
Cardita guembeli Pichler 1875
Cardita hilli Willett 1944
Cardita jenkinsi Smith 1927
Cardita kalimnae Pritchard 1903
Cardita katsumatai Nagao 1928
Cardita kondoi Nagao 1928
Cardita luerae Stoppani 1865
Cardita manteia Maury 1924
Cardita marwicki Laws 1944
Cardita minuta Winckler 1861
Cardita multiradiata Emmrich 1853
Cardita muricata Sowerby 1832
Cardita murrayana Tate 1886
Cardita nicaisei Coquand 1862
Cardita northcrofti Marwick 1928
Cardita orbicularis Forbes 1846
Cardita orbicularis Sowerby 1825
Cardita pichleri Bittner 1895
Cardita platycostata Johnston 1880
Cardita protracta Conrad 1843
Cardita pusilla Hislop 1859
Cardita reginae Oppenheim 1908
Cardita scalaris Sowerby 1825
Cardita senilis Lamarck 1805
Cardita shepardi Dall 1915
Cardita solida Tate 1887
Cardita sphaericula von Koenen 1897
Cardita spinosa Winckler 1861
Cardita spinulosa Tate 1886
Cardita striata Forbes 1846
Cardita subrotunda Conrad 1848
Cardita talegii Stoppani 1865
Cardita tetrica Conrad 1854
Cardita tricolor Sowerby 1833
Cardita trigonalis Tate 1886
Cardita triparticostata Newton 1922
Cardita unica Kensley and Pether 1986
Cardita variabilis Hislop 1859
Cardita variegata Bruguière 1792
Cardita vigintinaria Conrad 1848
Cardita viligensis Kiparisova 1966
Carditia excavata Deshayes 1854
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Invalid names: Carditia tasmanica Tenison-Woods 1876 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-08-17 20:23:42
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:23:42
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Eames 1951

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Spathian to the top of the Holocene or 251.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 247.2 Ma

Collections (324 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation C. sp. (212566)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen C. sp. (212183)
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0Bosnia and Herzegovina C. sp. (203843)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary (Bakony) C. pichleri (203197 203199 203271 203276 203336 203338) C. sp. (203270)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Russian Federation (Primorye) C. pichleri (57017)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Austria (Lower Austria) C. sp. (202325)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.3USA (Alaska) C. sp. (112287 112288)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.3Turkey (Balıkesir) C. cordellai (201912)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.3Indonesia (West Sumatra) C. globiformis (204436)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.3Germany C. multiradiata, C. minuta, C. spinosa (202142)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.3Indonesia C. globiformis (201863 201864 201865 201866 201867 201868 201869 201870)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy C. decusata (137429) C. guembeli, C. pichleri, C. beneckei (144634)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy (Belluno) Septocardia pichleri (207476 207477 207478)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5USA (California) C. jenkinsi (33327)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Bosnia and Herzegovina C. sp. (203844)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Indonesia (Timor) C. sp. (205321)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Russian Federation C. viligensis (39315)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) C. mansuyi (98300)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Hungary C. luerae (203718)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Italy C. luerae (204937) C. talegii (204950)