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Cardilona

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiliidae

Taxonomy
Cardilona is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cardiliidae by Cox et al. (1969); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Cardilona Cox et al. p. N608
2002Cardilona Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyMactroidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiliidaeFischer 1887
genusCardilona

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.

G. †Cardilona
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Cardilona bensoni Marwick 1943
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:48:54
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:48:54
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Runangan or 36.70000 to 34.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Runangan36.7 - 34.6New Zealand Pecchiolia bensoni (176736)