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Cardita (Glans) scabricostata

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Cardita scabricostata was named by Guppy (1866) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene; Bowden Fm; Jamaica]. Its type specimen is BMNH 64087, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Venericardia scabricostata by Dall (1903), Olsson (1922); it was recombined as Cardita (Glans) scabricostata by Woodring (1925), Anderson (1929).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Cardita scabricostata Guppy p. 293 figs. pl. 18, fig. 10
1873Cardita scabricostata Gabb p. 252
1903Venericardia scabricostata Dall p. 1428
1922Venericardia scabricostata Olsson p. 216
1925Cardita (Glans) scabricostata Woodring p. 99
1929Cardita (Glans) scabricostata Anderson p. 161

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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
genusCarditaMühfeld 1811
subgenusGlans
speciesscabricostata(Guppy 1866)

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 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: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Piacenzian or 48.07000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Florida) Venericardia scabricostata (41446 41452)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Florida) Venericardia scabricostata (41453 61109)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Glans scabricostata (75042)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Glans scabricostata (74933 74967 75036 75037)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Costa Rica Venericardia scabricostata (134655)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Glans scabricostata (74968)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Venericardia scabricostata (134657 134660 134680)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Cardita scabricostata (58522) Glans scabricostata (69090 69092 69093 69094)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica Venericardia scabricostata (134653)