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Cardites

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Cardites was named by Link (1807) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cardita (Cardites) by Keen (1971).

It was assigned to Cardita by Keen (1971); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); to Carditesinae by Freneix et al. (1988) and Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Carditinae by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Cardites Link
1971Cardita (Cardites) Keen p. 107
1988Cardites Freneix et al. p. 425
2002Cardites Sepkoski
2010Cardites Bouchet et al.
2012Cardites Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 379

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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)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyCarditinaeFleming 1820
genusCarditesLink 1807

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. Cardites Link 1807
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Cardites antiquata Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Cardita cuvieri Broderip 1832 [synonym]
Cardites ovalis Rosenberg et al. 2006
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindsuperf
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IA, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-07-04 09:41:27
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:21:52
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Todd 2001, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 47.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (59 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (New Jersey) Venericardia antiquata (88090)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy C. antiquatus (178111) C. edulinum, C. pinnula, C. taurelongatus, C. antiquatus (178108) C. taurelongatus (178110)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria C. partschi (146512)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy C. antiquatus (178112)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria C. partschi (60288 60289 60292 60312 60313)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland C. partschi (51688 51689 51690 51691)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama (Bocas del Toro) C. sp. (135818)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia C. partschi (73138 73139)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria C. partschi (74647 74649 74650 74651 74652 74656)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama C. sp. (136016 145521)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) C. sp. (145530 145531)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Spain C. antiquatus (69788 69789)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria C. antiquatus (70863 70864 70884 70886)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas) C. sp. (135944)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) C. sp. (135816 135821 135822 135828)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) Cardita cuvieri (60772)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Cardita crassicostata (135043)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) C. sp. (135832)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) C. sp. (79982)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece Venericardia antiquata (72318)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Cardita ovalis (72096 72097 72098 72104)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) C. sp. (135885)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Yemen Cardita antiquata (55369)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Ecuador Venericardia cuvieri (97639)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Egypt C. antiquata (120129)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco Venericardia antiquata (127592 127615)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Cardita cuvieri (96870)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt C. antiquata (87873 87876)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) C. sp. (63320)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Cardita crassicostata (89597)