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Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium ciliatum was named by Fabricius (1780) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Greenland, Hudson Bay-Massachusetts.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Clinocardium ciliatum by Keen (1936) and Matthews (1967); it was recombined as Ciliatocardium ciliatum by Kafanov (1974); it was recombined as Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum by Coan et al. (2000) and Hendy (2020).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1780Cardium ciliatum Fabricius pp. 410-411
1789Cardium islandicum Bruguiére p. 222
1936Clinocardium ciliatum Keen p. 120
1967Clinocardium ciliatum Matthews
1974Ciliatocardium ciliatum Kafanov
2000Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum Coan et al. p. 363
2020Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
—Neocardiids
—EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyClinocardiinaeKafanov 1975
genusClinocardiumKafanov 1974
subgenusCiliatocardium
speciesciliatum(Fabricius 1780)

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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Invalid names: Cardium islandicum Bruguiére 1789 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. V. Coan et al. 2000Shell thin, inflated, ovate, subequilateral to slightly oblique, longer posteriorly.
Sculpture of sharp, triangular radial ribs with wide interspaces. Periostracum thick,
adherent, with setae on rib crests. Inner shell margin crenulate.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-04 09:31:14
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:21:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 28.10000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Russian Federation Ciliatocardium ciliatum (50081)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation Ciliatocardium ciliatum (70448)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation Ciliatocardium ciliatum (70562)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Russian Federation Ciliatocardium ciliatum (50048)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Alaska) Clinocardium ciliatum (37399 37401 37409)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan Clinocardium ciliatum (97078 97084)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation Ciliatocardium ciliatum (49976 50080)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Alaska) Cardium islandicum (112321)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Iceland Cardium ciliatum (79910)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) Clinocardium ciliatum (44094)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan Clinocardium ciliatum (97077)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greenland Clinocardium ciliatum (75092 75099 75102)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Cardium ciliatum (112322 112323)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greenland Clinocardium ciliatum (75197)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland (Disko Island) Cardium ciliatum (227044)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maine) Clinocardium ciliatum (66338 66346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Nova Scotia) Clinocardium ciliatum (75074)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland Cardium ciliatum (227027 227028 227030 227031 227032 227034 227035 227040) Clinocardium ciliatum (75129 75175)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) Cardium ciliatum (41303)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (New Brunswick) Clinocardium ciliatum (66530 66532)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Ontario) Clinocardium ciliatum (66523 66527 66528)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Manitoba) Clinocardium ciliatum (66505)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Clinocardium ciliatum (48464 48465 66508 66524 66525 74986 74987 74988)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (New Jersey) Clinocardium ciliatum (66630)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland Clinocardium ciliatum (75213)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Clinocardium ciliatum (66434 66440 66448 80134)