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Ventricolaria blandiana

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus blandiana was named by Guppy (1873). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Antigona blandiana by Olsson (1922); it was recombined as Antigona (Ventricola) blandiana by Anderson (1929); it was recombined as Ventricolaria blandiana by Woodring (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Venus blandiana Guppy pp. 85-86 figs. pl. 2, fig. 8
1874Venus blandiana Guppy pp. 85-86 figs. pl. 2, fig. 8
1922Antigona blandiana Olsson p. 240
1929Antigona (Ventricola) blandiana Anderson p. 168
1982Ventricolaria blandiana Woodring p. 681

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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
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
genusVentricolariaCoen 1934
speciesblandiana(Guppy 1873)

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: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:40:31
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:40:31
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 20.45000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Antigona blandiana (41760 42250)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia Antigona blandiana (88296 88297)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Ventricolaria blandiana (74957)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia (Bolívar) Antigona blandiana (88316)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Haiti Antigona blandiana (60105)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Ventricolaria blandiana (74966 74971 75036 75037 75038 75043)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Antigona blandiana (58818 58819 58874)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Ventricolaria blandiana (74968 74970)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Antigona blandiana (134667 134680)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Antigona blandiana (58522 69089) Ventricolaria blandiana (69090 69092 69093 69094)