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Arctocardinia parva

Bivalvia - Carditida - Cardiniidae

Taxonomy
Cardinia parva was named by Kurushin (1992). Its type specimen is TsSGM 950/152, a shell (Conjoined shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tsvetkov Cape, Grambergia taimyrensis zone, eastern Taimyr (TsSGM coll), which is in an Aegean marine horizon in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Arctocardinia.

It was recombined as Arctocardinia parva by Kurushin (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Cardinia parva Kurushin p. 59 figs. Pl 14, figs 3-8; text-fig 15
1998Arctocardinia parva Kurushin p. 128 figs. Pl 1, figs 10-15

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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)
familyCardiniidaeZittel 1881
genusArctocardinia
speciesparva()

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.

Arctocardinia parva Kurushin 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height115.664.007.005.601.06

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: Aegean or 246.70000 to 244.99000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean246.7 - 244.99Russian Federation Cardinia parva (97041 type locality: 97057)