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Cardiomya (Cardiomya) islahispaniolae

Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae

Taxonomy

Cuspidaria islahispaniolae was named by Maury (1917) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. Its type specimen is PRI 28904, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cardiomya (Cardiomya) islahispaniolae by Jung (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. alcocki, C. alternata, C. bisecta, C. craspedonia, C. fredsmithi, C. interstitialis, C. kavranensis, C. kovatschensis, C. kronokiensis, C. majanatschensis, C. majnatschensis, C. makiyamai, C. mitsuganoensis, C. penjica, C. tigilensis, C. craspedonia, C. kochii, C. kochii, C. surinamensis, Cuspidaria craspedonia, Cuspidaria orbignyi, Cuspidaria vieja

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1917	Cuspidaria islahispaniolae Maury p. 196 figs. pl. 26, fig. 20
1996	Cardiomya (Cardiomya) islahispaniolae Jung p. 40

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Poromyata	Ridewood 1903
order	Poromyida	(Ridewood 1903)
superfamily	Cuspidarioidea	Dall 1886
family	Cuspidariidae	Dall 1886
genus	Cardiomya	Adams 1864
subgenus	Cardiomya	Adams 1864
species	islahispaniolae	(Maury 1917)

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.

†Cardiomya (Cardiomya) islahispaniolae Maury 1917

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

infaunalg

Diet:

carnivoreg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 07:54:35

Modified:

2009-09-09 09:54:35

Source: g = genus, c = class

References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Zanclean or 11.63000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (17 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Dominican Republic	Cardiomya islahispaniolae (94139 99852 99854 131369 131371 131472 131473 131510 131515 131518) Cuspidaria islahispaniolae (58817)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Dominican Republic	Cardiomya islahispaniolae (75042 94106 131374 131387)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Dominican Republic	Cardiomya islahispaniolae (93737)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Haiti	Cuspidaria islahispaniolae (66815)