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Venericardia (Venericor) claviger

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia claviger was named by Gardner and Bowles (1936). Its type specimen is USNM 136973, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) claviger by Gardner and Bowles (1939).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cardita albasiensis, Cardita partschi, Cardita squamosissima, Cardita subminuta, V. acuticosta, V. aegyptiaca, V. agriculturae, V. ajar, V. amazoniana, V. ampla, V. angolae, V. aposmithi, V. awamoaensis, V. awamoensis, V. basteroti, V. bericorum, V. bilineata, V. bisculpta, V. bonneti, V. brittoni, V. burmeisteri, V. christei, V. ciplyensis, V. claiboplata, V. collazica, V. compacta, V. corpusculum, V. crebricostata, V. crebrisulcata, V. densecostata, V. deserti, V. domgeri, V. domingensis, V. dua, V. duponti, V. elegantula, V. eutawcolens, V. forgemoli, V. gippslandica, V. gliberti, V. globosa, V. granulicostata, V. heinzelini, V. heroyi, V. hollandi, V. horni, V. hornii, V. hortensis, V. houzeaui, V. iheringi, V. iheringi, V. imbricatoides, V. intermedia, V. islahispaniolae, V. janjukensis, V. janjukiensis, V. junctinova, V. lamyi, V. liasina, V. liasinum, V. libyca, V. lineolata, V. linoi, V. mandarica, V. maris, V. millegrana, V. nagaoi, V. nanaplata, V. oblonga, V. ocalaedes, V. okinoshimensis, V. oligopleura, V. olssoni, V. pectuncularis, V. perantiqua, V. perezi, V. perplana, V. perumbonata, V. phyletica, V. planicostata, V. prolongata, V. pseudowilmotti, V. quadriangulata, V. quassi, V. quirosana, V. quirosana, V. rabelli, V. roedeli, V. roncana, V. ronchetti, V. rutoti, V. santonensis, V. scabriocstata, V. serricosta, V. serrulata, V. smillina, V. solitaria, V. sowerbyi, V. spinulosa, V. squamulosa, V. straeleni, V. subcompacta, V. subcomplanata, V. subelegans, V. suboompacta, V. subquadrata, V. subrotunda, V. suessi, V. teneidensis, V. texalana, V. tjuschevkensis, V. trapezoidalis, V. turneri, V. uvaldana, V. valmondoisiensis, V. vasta, V. vaughani, V. vigintinaria, V. vredenburgi, V. wegeneri, V. withlacoochensis, V. zuliana, V. zuliana, V. monilifera, V. rufa, V. sillimani, V. nortensis, V. vestitoides, V. dufrenoyi, V. sindensis, V. viquesneli, V. hesperide, V. ferruginosa, V. clarki, V. hornii, V. aposcitula, V. conradiana, V. leonensis, V. perplana, V. tridentata, V. perplana, V. leonensis, V. eutawcolens, V. latissima, V. petraea, V. rotunda, V. rotunda, V. aposmithi, V. augustoscrobis, V. elongata, V. gardnerae, V. guajirensis, V. hijuana, V. klimacodes, V. sabinensis, V. smithi, V. turneri, Venericor barroneti, Venericor densata, Venericor planicosta, Venericor planicostata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Venericardia claviger Gardner and Bowles p. 58 figs. pl. 38, figs. 1, 2
1939Venericardia (Venericor) claviger Gardner and Bowles p. 176

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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
subfamilyVenericardiinaeChavan 1969
genusVenericardiaLamarck 1801
subgenusVenericor
speciesclaviger(Gardner and Bowles 1936)

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 (Venericor) claviger Gardner and Bowles 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: shallow infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2018-02-27 11:34:57
Modified: 2018-03-04 20:18:07
Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily
References: Stanley 1970, Eames 1951, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Bartonian56.0 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Venericardia claviger (98295)
Ypresian - Bartonian56.0 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) Venericardia claviger (91107)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) Venericardia planicosta (92485 92486)