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Carditella

Bivalvia - Carditida - Condylocardiidae

Taxonomy
Carditella was named by Smith (1881) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Carditellinae.

It was assigned to Condylocardiidae by Oostingh (1935); to Carditamerinae by Adegoke (1977), Vokes (1980), Dockery (1982); to Carditidae by Lamprell and Healy (1998); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Carditellinae by Pérez (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Carditella Smith p. 264
1935Carditella Oostingh p. 167
1977Carditella Adegoke p. 266
1980Carditella Vokes p. 118
1982Carditella Dockery p. 64
1998Carditella Lamprell and Healy p. 240
2002Carditella Sepkoski
2019Carditella Pérez p. 436

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCondylocardiidaeBernard 1896
subfamilyCarditellinaeKuroda et al. 1971
genusCarditellaSmith 1881

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. Carditella Smith 1881
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Subg. †Carditella (Carditella) Smith 1881
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Subg. †Carditella (Carditellona) Iredale 1936
†Carditella aldrichi Harris 1919
†Carditella pitufina Pérez 2019
†Carditella regularis Pritchard 1901
Carditella semen Reeve 1843
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Invalid names: Carditella pygmaeum Philippi 1860 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. Pérez 2019Shell small and flabellate. Lunule elongated. External sculpture of 11-15 radial ribs. Hinge composed by two left cardinal and three right cardinal teeth. Each valve also has two lateral teeth, one nearly marginal on the one side, the other on the opposite side being well within the outer edge, with a groove between it and the anterior margin. External and internal ligament small, internal placed beneath the apex of the valves in a small resilifer (Modified from Smith, 1881).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-07-05 10:11:54
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:24:03
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily
References: Todd 2001, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Holocene or 61.66000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.24 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Nigeria C. baloguni (7791)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Venericardia aldrichi (90600)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) C. aldrichi (5947 6002)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Argentina (Entre Rios) Cardium pygmaeum (13626)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia C. witkampi (70078)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) C. witkampi (42283)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. pitufina (211647)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia (New Guinea) C. caputavisensis, C. torresi (42399)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia C. pulchella (84545)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa (Western Cape) C. calipsamma (118257 118306 118317 118318 118319)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa (Western Cape) C. calipsamma (118303 118308)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Chile (Copiapó) C. tegulata (222876)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina C. naviformis, C. flabellum (71603)