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Venericardia (Claibornicardia) nasuta

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia nasuta was named by Dall (1903) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Alabama]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Venericardia (Claibornicardia) nasuta by Palmer and Brann (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cardita albasiensis, Cardita partschi, Cardita squamosissima, Cardita subminuta, Claibornicardia coloradonis, Claibornicardia elegans, Claibornicardia linguinodifera, Claibornicardia linguinodifera, Claibornicardia milamensis, Claibornicardia obovata, Glyptoactis blandingi, Glyptoactis complexicosta, Glyptoactis sillimani, V. acuticosta, V. aegyptiaca, V. agriculturae, V. ajar, V. amazoniana, V. ampla, V. angolae, V. aposmithi, V. awamoaensis, V. awamoensis, V. basteroti, V. bericorum, V. bilineata, V. bisculpta, V. bonneti, V. brittoni, V. burmeisteri, V. christei, V. ciplyensis, V. claiboplata, V. collazica, V. compacta, V. corpusculum, V. crebricostata, V. crebrisulcata, V. densecostata, V. deserti, V. domgeri, V. domingensis, V. dua, V. duponti, V. elegantula, V. eutawcolens, V. forgemoli, V. gippslandica, V. gliberti, V. globosa, V. granulicostata, V. heinzelini, V. heroyi, V. hollandi, V. horni, V. hornii, V. hortensis, V. houzeaui, V. iheringi, V. iheringi, V. imbricatoides, V. intermedia, V. islahispaniolae, V. janjukensis, V. janjukiensis, V. junctinova, V. lamyi, V. liasina, V. liasinum, V. libyca, V. lineolata, V. linoi, V. mandarica, V. maris, V. millegrana, V. nagaoi, V. nanaplata, V. oblonga, V. ocalaedes, V. okinoshimensis, V. oligopleura, V. olssoni, V. pectuncularis, V. perantiqua, V. perezi, V. perplana, V. perumbonata, V. phyletica, V. planicostata, V. prolongata, V. pseudowilmotti, V. quadriangulata, V. quassi, V. quirosana, V. quirosana, V. rabelli, V. roedeli, V. roncana, V. ronchetti, V. rutoti, V. santonensis, V. scabriocstata, V. serricosta, V. serrulata, V. smillina, V. solitaria, V. sowerbyi, V. spinulosa, V. squamulosa, V. straeleni, V. subcompacta, V. subcomplanata, V. subelegans, V. suboompacta, V. subquadrata, V. subrotunda, V. suessi, V. teneidensis, V. texalana, V. tjuschevkensis, V. trapezoidalis, V. turneri, V. uvaldana, V. valmondoisiensis, V. vasta, V. vaughani, V. vigintinaria, V. vredenburgi, V. wegeneri, V. withlacoochensis, V. zuliana, V. zuliana, V. monilifera, V. rufa, V. sillimani, V. nortensis, V. vestitoides, V. dufrenoyi, V. sindensis, V. viquesneli, V. hesperide, V. ferruginosa, V. clarki, V. hornii, V. aposcitula, V. conradiana, V. leonensis, V. perplana, V. tridentata, V. perplana, V. leonensis, V. eutawcolens, V. latissima, V. petraea, V. rotunda, V. rotunda, V. aposmithi, V. augustoscrobis, V. elongata, V. gardnerae, V. guajirensis, V. hijuana, V. klimacodes, V. sabinensis, V. smithi, V. turneri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Venericardia nasuta Dall pp. 1425-1426 figs. pl. 53, fig. 9
1965Venericardia (Claibornicardia) nasuta Palmer and Brann p. 336

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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(Férussac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyVenericardiinaeChavan 1969
genusVenericardia()
subgenusClaibornicardiaStenzel and Krause 1957
speciesnasuta()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: shallow infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-07-05 09:58:16
Modified: 2018-03-04 20:18:50
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Todd 2001, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Venericardia nasuta (81189)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Venericardia nasuta (81208 81209 81211 81212 81255)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) Venericardia nasuta (5366 5436)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) Venericardia nasuta (5344) Venericardia natusa (5354)