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Ctenocardia

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Ctenocardia was named by Adams and A (1857) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cardium (Ctenocardia) by Abrard (1947).

It was assigned to Cardium by Abrard (1947); to Cardiidae by Lamprell and Whitehead (1992); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Fraginae by Vokes (1980) and Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Ctenocardia Adams and A.
1947Cardium (Ctenocardia) Abrard
1980Ctenocardia Vokes p. 128
1992Ctenocardia Lamprell and Whitehead p. 66
2002Ctenocardia Sepkoski
2012Ctenocardia Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 419

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
—Neocardiids
—EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyFraginaeStewart 1930
genusCtenocardiaAdams and A 1857

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. Ctenocardia Adams and A. 1857
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Subg. Ctenocardia (Ctenocardia) Adams and Adams 1857
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Ctenocardia biangulata Broderip and Sowerby 1829
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Invalid names: Cardium magnificum Carpenter 1857 [synonym], Cardium modestum Conrad 1855 [synonym]
Ctenocardia fijianum Vidal and Kirkendale 2007
Ctenocardia gustavi Vidal and Kirkendale 2007
Ctenocardia translata Prashad 1932
†Ctenocardia victor Angas 1872
Ctenocardia virgo Reeve 1845
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-04 09:31:14
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:21:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Vanuatu Cardium fornicatum (77902)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Americardium sp. (96550)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Trigoniocardia biangulata (198247)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Cardium magnificum (66791)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Vanuatu Cardium fornicatum (77904)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Colombia (La Guajira) C. media (136994)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Yemen Cardium fornicatum (55373)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Trigoniocardia biangulata (37938)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Ecuador Cardium magnificum (97639)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Trigoniocardia biangulata (222954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Americardia biangulata (160361 219030) Cardium biangulatum (59063 96589) Trigoniocardia biangulata (96566 223072 223074)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Cardium biangulatum (89597)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Fragum magnificum (96870)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Trigoniocardia biangulata (88605)