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Vetupraeca duplicata

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardiola duplicata was named by Münster (1840) [lectotype number]. Its type specimen is AS VII 366., a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gattendorf, which is in a Famennian marine shale/limestone in Germany.

It was recombined as Praecardium duplicatum by Beushausen (1895); it was recombined as Vetupraeca duplicata by Nagel-Myers et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Cardiola duplicata Münster p. 68 figs. pl. 13 f. 20a
1895Praecardium duplicatum Beushausen p. 303 figs. pl. 31 f. 4
2008Vetupraeca duplicata Nagel-Myers et al. pp. 1155 - 1156 figs. 5.15-5.16, 6.13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderCyrtodontidaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
suborderPraecardiidina()
PraecardioideiNewell 1965
superfamilyPraecardioideaHoernes 1884
familyPraecardiidaeHoernes 1884
genusVetupraeca
speciesduplicata()

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.

Vetupraeca duplicata Münster 1840
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Nagel-Myers et al. 2008Shells trigonal to subtrigonal, inflated, umbo projecting over hinge line. 13–15 radial ribs, markedly rectangular in outline; commarginal growth lines.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2014-02-09 11:13:23
Modified: 2014-02-09 11:13:23
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
References: Eaton 1871, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Famennian or 372.15000 to 368.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Germany (Bayern) Cardiola duplicata (type locality: 84620)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Germany (Sauerland) Vetupraeca duplicata (235126)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5USA (New York) Praecardium duplicatum (84652)