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Cardinia

Bivalvia - Carditida - Cardiniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Cardinia Agassiz
1980Cardinia Vokes p. 124
2002Cardinia Sepkoski
2008Cardinia Scholz et al.
2010Cardinia Bouchet et al.
2010Cardinia Schweitzer et al.
2014Cardinia Ros-Franch et al.
2017Cardinia Hodges

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
Heterodonta(Neumayr 1884)
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCardiniidaeZittel 1881
genusCardiniaAgassiz 1841

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. †Cardinia Agassiz 1841
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Cardinia andium Giebel 1861
Cardinia concinna Sowerby 1819
Cardinia gibbosum Meek 1864
Cardinia gleimi Smith 1927
Cardinia hybrida Sowerby 1817
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Invalid names: Cardinia amygdala Agassiz 1843 [synonym], Cardinia morisi Terquem 1855 [synonym], Pachyodon cuneatus Stutchbury 1842 [synonym]
Cardinia indigirkaensis Kiparisova 1947
Cardinia listeri Sowerby 1817
Cardinia ponderosa Gabb 1870
Cardinia rugosa Parona 1890
Cardinia similis Agassiz 1845
Cardinia suttonensis Tawney 1866
Cardinia toriyamai Hayami 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height312.49.5120.99.596.53

Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-07-05 11:01:23
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:24:54
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Todd 2001

Age range: base of the Dienerian to the top of the Piacenzian or 250.50000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (278 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Russian Federation C. sp. (112797)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Russian Federation C. sp. (124672)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33USA (Nevada) C. ponderosa (33201)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464China (Guizhou) C. sp. (31618 31621 31623 31632)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0USA (Nevada) C. sp. (100454)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Russian Federation C. borealis (135835)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Russian Federation C. borealis (124565 124566 124567 124568 124630 124631) C. borealis, C. subcircularis (124634)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Japan (Okayama) C. misawensis (40248)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Svalbard and Jan Mayen C. sp. (212793 212939 212972)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Japan (Yamaguchi) C. triadica (39205)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Pliensbachian - Toarcian192.9 - 174.7USA (Nevada) C. sp. (42429)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain (Teruel) C. concinna (211204)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain C. concinna (26137 26139 26141 26142 26143 26145 26149 26150 26383 26386) C. laevis (25672 25938 26148) C. laevis, C. concinna (25212)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Svalbard and Jan Mayen C. canolina (212795)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Israel C. sp. (159698)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Chile C. andium (33879)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9New Zealand C. sp. (63820)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Chile C. andium (35451)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1USA (Alaska) C. sp. (41295)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Italy C. philchardus (145678)