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Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) Gray
1988Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) Freneix et al. p. 426
2003Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) Moore

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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
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
Neocardiids
EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyCardiinaeLamarck 1809
genusAcanthocardiaGray 1851
subgenusAcanthocardiaGray 1851

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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Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) reedi Loel and Corey 1932
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Invalid names: Ciliatocardium snatolense Krishtofovich and Ilyina 1947 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 47.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Russian Federation Ciliatocardium reedi (50051)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Russian Federation Ciliatocardium reedi (49974)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Greece Cardium echinatum (72305)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Cardium echinatum (72310)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Spain Acanthocardia echinata (69789)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Acanthocardia echinata (168730 207783)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Acanthocardia aculeata (70863 70886) Acanthocardia aculeata, Acanthocardia echinata (70884)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Acanthocardia echinata (126155)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece Acanthocardia echinata (72318)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Cyprus Cardium echinatum (34689)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Italy Cardium echinatum (72303)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Iceland Cardium echinatum (79904)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Cardium echinatum (84759 84819)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece Acanthocardia echinata (72414)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Acanthocardia echinata (77008)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Ireland Cardium echinatum (178118)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco Cardium echinatum (127571)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland Cardium echinatum (64109)