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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 squamosissima, V. agriculturae, V. amazoniana, V. awamoensis, V. bisculpta, V. crebrisulcata, V. elegantula, V. forgemoli, V. globosa, V. horni, V. intermedia, V. liasina, V. liasinum, V. millegrana, V. nagaoi, V. okinoshimensis, V. quadriangulata, V. rutoti, V. smillina, V. turneri, V. withlacoochensis, V. monilifera, V. vestitoides, V. leonensis, V. gardnerae, V. guajirensis, V. sabinensis

Synonymy list

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

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Carditioni	Dall 1889
order	Carditida	(Dall 1889)
superfamily	Crassatelloidea	(Férussac 1822)
family	Carditidae	Fleming 1820
subfamily	Venericardiinae	Chavan 1969
genus	Venericardia	Lamarck 1801
subgenus	Venericor
species	claviger	(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: Sanchez Roig 1926, Stanley 1970, Eames 1951

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Bartonian	56.0 - 38.0	USA (South Carolina)	Venericardia claviger (91107)
Ypresian - Bartonian	56.0 - 38.0	USA (Alabama)	Venericardia claviger (98295)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (South Carolina)	Venericardia planicosta (92485 92486)