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Venericardia (Glyptoactis) mutabilis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Cardita mutabilis was named by d'Archaic and Haime (1954) [DISTRIBUTION: Paleocene-Late Eocene; India, Pakistan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Venericardia mutabilis by Iqbal (1973); it was recombined as Venericardia (Glyptoactis) mutabilis by Prasad et al. (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Cardita mutabilis d'Archaic and Haime p. 367 figs. pl. 21, figs. 3-6
1973Venericardia mutabilis Iqbal p. 17
1988Venericardia (Glyptoactis) mutabilis Prasad et al. p. 190

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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(FĂ©russac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyVenericardiinaeChavan 1969
genusVenericardia()
subgenusGlyptoactis
speciesmutabilis(d'Archaic and Haime 1954)

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.

Venericardia (Glyptoactis) mutabilis d'Archaic and Haime 1954
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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: Sanchez Roig 1926, Todd 2001

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 55.80000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Pakistan Venericardia mutabilis (145131)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Rajasthan) Venericardia mutabilis (46999)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Pakistan Venericardia mutabilis (77395)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71India (Uttar Pradesh) Venericardia mutabilis (46473)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Himachal Pradesh) Cardita mutabilis (81506)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India Venericardia mutabilis (145445)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Egypt Cardita mutabilis (41908)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9India Venericardia mutabilis (44095)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Cardita mutabilis (72083)