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Septocardia peruviana

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Pascoella peruviana was named by Cox (1949). It is not extant. Its type locality is Huayre, Junin, which is in a Norian shallow subtidal limestone in Peru.

It was recombined as Septocardia peruviana by McRoberts and Blodgett (2000), Damborenea (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Pascoella peruviana Cox
2000Septocardia peruviana McRoberts and Blodgett
2012Septocardia peruviana Damborenea p. 330 figs. Pl 1, figs 25-28

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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
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
Neocardiids
EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyCardiinaeLamarck 1809
genusSeptocardiaHall 1877
speciesperuviana(Cox 1949)

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height215.712.819.216.04.55

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: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Norian to the top of the Rhaetian or 227.30000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Alaska) Septocardia peruviana (39896)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Peru Pascoella peruviana (type locality: 71782 71783 71784 71786 71787)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4Chile (Antofagasta) Septocardia peruviana (98590)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Argentina (Mendoza) Septocardia peruviana (50817 132717 132718 132723 132724 132727)