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Venericardia (Pacificor) hornii

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Cardita hornii was named by Gabb (1864) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; California.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Venericardia planicosta hornii by Dickerson (1916), Waring (1917); it was recombined as Venericardia hornii by Hanna (1925), Hanna (1927), Turner (1938); it was recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) hornii by Stewart (1930); it was recombined as Megacardita (Venericor) hornii by Vokes (1939); it was recombined as Venericor hornii by Olsson and Richards (1961); it was recombined as Venericardia (Pacificor) hornii by Verástegui (1953), Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Moore (1992).

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. castori, 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. 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. 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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Cardita hornii Gabb p. 174 figs. PL 24, Fig. 157
1869Cardita hornii Gabb pp. 187 - 188 figs. PI. 30, Fig. 83, a
1916Venericardia planicosta hornii Dickerson p. 426
1917Venericardia planicosta hornii Waring p. 95 figs. Pl. 11, Figs. 3, 4, and 5
1925Venericardia hornii Hanna p. 286 figs. Plate 37, figure 5; plate 38, figures 1 and 3; plate 39, figures 1 and 2; plate 40, figures 1 and 2;
1927Venericardia hornii Hanna p. 283 figs. Plate 35, figure 3; plate 36, figures 1 and 2
1930Venericardia (Venericor) hornii Stewart pp. 165 - 166 figs. Plate 11, fig. 1
1938Venericardia hornii Turner p. 49
1939Megacardita (Venericor) hornii Vokes pp. 68-69
1953Venericardia (Pacificor) hornii Verástegui pp. 427 - 428 figs. Plate 18, figures 1-7; Plate 19, figure 7
1961Venericor hornii Olsson and Richards p. 6
1984Venericardia (Pacificor) hornii Squires p. 45
1987Venericardia (Pacificor) hornii Squires p. 63
1992Venericardia (Pacificor) hornii Moore p. E23 figs. Plate 5, figures 17, 18

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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
subgenusPacificor
specieshornii()

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: 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: Eames 1951, Sanchez Roig 1926, Stanley 1970

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Venericardia hornii (221113) Venericardia planicosta (122294)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Venericardia planicosta (207112 207116)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Venericardia hornii (16712 94821 94825 207189)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (California) Venericardia planicosta (122295 122340)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Colombia (La Guajira) Venericor hornii (42768)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (California) Venericardia planicosta (193039)