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Cardita (Cardita) crassa

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Cardita crassa was named by Lamarck (1819) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Recent; Mediterranean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Cardita (Cardita) crassa by Freneix et al. (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Cardita crassa Lamarck
1988Cardita (Cardita) crassa Freneix et al. p. 422

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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
genusCarditaBruguière 1792
subgenusCarditaBruguiére 1792
speciescrassa(Lamarck 1819)

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 Aquitanian to the top of the Langhian or 23.04000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France (Aquitaine) Cardita crassa (74865)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Cardita crassa (178108)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Romania Cardita crassa (70056)