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Clinocardium (Clinocardium) nuttallii

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium nuttallii was named by Conrad (1837). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cerastoderma nuttalli by Hoots (1931); it was recombined as Clinocardium nuttallii by Keen (1936), Addicott (1966); it was recombined as Laevicardium nuttallii by Delong (1941); it was recombined as Clinocardium nuttalli by Valentine and Meade (1961); it was recombined as Clinocardium (Clinocardium) nuttallii by Coan et al. (2000), Moore (2003), Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. hannibali, C. hatsusense, C. pseudofastosum

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Cochlea corbis Martyn figs. fig. 80
1837Cardium californianum Conrad p. 229
1837Cardium nuttallii Conrad p. 229
1850Cardium decoratum Grewingk p. 349
1931Cerastoderma nuttalli Hoots p. 110
1936Clinocardium nuttallii Keen p. 119
1936Clinocardium decoratum Keen p. 120
1941Laevicardium nuttallii Delong
1942Cerastoderma corbis Weaver p. 157
1961Clinocardium nuttalli Valentine and Meade p. 8
1966Clinocardium nuttallii Addicott
2000Clinocardium (Clinocardium) nuttallii Coan et al. p. 351
2003Clinocardium (Clinocardium) nuttallii Moore
2021Clinocardium (Clinocardium) nuttallii Hendy

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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
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
—Neocardiids
—EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyClinocardiinaeKafanov 1975
genusClinocardium
subgenusClinocardiumKeen 1936
speciesnuttallii(Conrad 1837)

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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Invalid names: Cardium californianum Conrad 1837 [synonym], Cardium decoratum Grewingk 1850 [synonym], Cerastoderma corbis Martyn 1788 [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: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 27.30000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Japan (Fukushima) Clinocardium decoratum (32038)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Clinocardium nuttallii (37580 37589)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45USA (Washington) Clinocardium nuttallii (37560)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (Washington) Clinocardium nuttallii (37574)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Oregon) Clinocardium nuttallii (39805)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Japan (Hokkaido) Clinocardium nuttallii, Clinocardium decoratum (77919)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Clinocardium nuttallii (50037)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation (Sakhalinskaya) Clinocardium nuttallii, Clinocardium decoratum (61932)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Clinocardium nuttallii (70446 70568)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Russian Federation Clinocardium nuttallii (49978)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Cerastoderma nuttalli (237583)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation Clinocardium nuttallii (50180)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Alaska) Cardium corbis (112321)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan Clinocardium decoratum (97111)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Cardium corbis (215435) Clinocardium nuttallii (194689)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Russian Federation Clinocardium nuttallii (49976)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Cardium corbis (186031) Clinocardium nuttallii (122752)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Clinocardium nuttalli (214278 214279 214280 214285 214286 214287)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Cardium corbis (201624) Cerastoderma nuttalli (237604)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Cardium corbis (71142)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Clinocardium nuttallii (37940 37945 37947)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Cardium corbis (138723 222663 222664 222995) Cerastoderma corbis (202636 202639 202644 202645 202646 202647 202648) Clinocardium nuttalli (203108) Laevicardium corbis (96884) Laevicardium nuttallii, Laevicardium corbis, Laevicardium californica (96894)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Cardium corbis (222646) Clinocardium nuttalli (222954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Clinocardium nuttallii (75232)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cardium corbis (222659 222660 222662 222674) Clinocardium nuttallii (37672 37673 37674 96900 96901)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Cardium decoratum, Cardium corbis (71059) Clinocardium nuttallii (37676)