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Venericardia (Pacificor)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia (Pacificor) was named by Verástegui (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1049].

It was reranked as Pacificor by Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Venericardia by Verastegui (1953), Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Moore (1992), Squires (1999); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Subtaxa
Venericardia (Pacificor) aragonia (syn. Venericardia (Leuroactis) smileyi), Venericardia (Pacificor) calafia (syn. Venericardia (Pacificor) gabbi, Venericardia (Pacificor) hertleini, Venericardia (Pacificor) oregonensis, Venericardia (Pacificor) lutmani, Venericardia (Pacificor) durhami), Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki (syn. Venericardia (Pacificor) weaveri), Venericardia (Pacificor) hornii, Venericardia (Pacificor) lisa, Venericardia (Pacificor) merriami, Venericardia (Pacificor) mulleri, Venericardia (Pacificor) nelsoni (syn. Venericardia (Pacificor) transversaria), Venericardia (Pacificor) taliaferroi, Venericardia (Pacificor) venturensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Cardita albasiensis, Cardita partschi, Cardita squamosissima, Cardita subminuta, Venericardia acuticosta, Venericardia aegyptiaca, Venericardia agriculturae, Venericardia ajar, Venericardia amazoniana, Venericardia ampla, Venericardia angolae, Venericardia aposcitula, Venericardia aposmithi, Venericardia aposmithi, Venericardia augustoscrobis, Venericardia awamoaensis, Venericardia awamoensis, Venericardia basteroti, Venericardia bericorum, Venericardia bilineata, Venericardia bisculpta, Venericardia bonneti, Venericardia brittoni, Venericardia burmeisteri, Venericardia christei, Venericardia ciplyensis, Venericardia claiboplata, Venericardia clarki, Venericardia collazica, Venericardia compacta, Venericardia conradiana, Venericardia corpusculum, Venericardia crebricostata, Venericardia crebrisulcata, Venericardia densecostata, Venericardia deserti, Venericardia domgeri, Venericardia domingensis, Venericardia dua, Venericardia dufrenoyi, Venericardia duponti, Venericardia elegantula, Venericardia elongata, Venericardia eutawcolens, Venericardia eutawcolens, Venericardia ferruginosa, Venericardia forgemoli, Venericardia gardnerae, Venericardia gippslandica, Venericardia gliberti, Venericardia globosa, Venericardia granulicostata, Venericardia guajirensis, Venericardia heinzelini, Venericardia heroyi, Venericardia hesperide, Venericardia hijuana, Venericardia hollandi, Venericardia horni, Venericardia hornii, Venericardia hornii, Venericardia hortensis, Venericardia houzeaui, Venericardia iheringi, Venericardia iheringi, Venericardia imbricatoides, Venericardia intermedia, Venericardia islahispaniolae, Venericardia janjukensis, Venericardia janjukiensis, Venericardia junctinova, Venericardia klimacodes, Venericardia lamyi, Venericardia latissima, Venericardia leonensis, Venericardia leonensis, Venericardia liasina, Venericardia liasinum, Venericardia libyca, Venericardia lineolata, Venericardia linoi, Venericardia mandarica, Venericardia maris, Venericardia millegrana, Venericardia monilifera, Venericardia nagaoi, Venericardia nanaplata, Venericardia nortensis, Venericardia oblonga, Venericardia ocalaedes, Venericardia okinoshimensis, Venericardia oligopleura, Venericardia olssoni, Venericardia pectuncularis, Venericardia perantiqua, Venericardia perezi, Venericardia perplana, Venericardia perplana, Venericardia perplana, Venericardia perumbonata, Venericardia petraea, Venericardia phyletica, Venericardia planicostata, Venericardia prolongata, Venericardia pseudowilmotti, Venericardia quadriangulata, Venericardia quassi, Venericardia quirosana, Venericardia quirosana, Venericardia rabelli, Venericardia roedeli, Venericardia roncana, Venericardia ronchetti, Venericardia rotunda, Venericardia rotunda, Venericardia rufa, Venericardia rutoti, Venericardia sabinensis, Venericardia santonensis, Venericardia scabriocstata, Venericardia serricosta, Venericardia serrulata, Venericardia sillimani, Venericardia sindensis, Venericardia smillina, Venericardia smithi, Venericardia solitaria, Venericardia sowerbyi, Venericardia spinulosa, Venericardia squamulosa, Venericardia straeleni, Venericardia subcompacta, Venericardia subcomplanata, Venericardia subelegans, Venericardia suboompacta, Venericardia subquadrata, Venericardia subrotunda, Venericardia suessi, Venericardia teneidensis, Venericardia texalana, Venericardia tjuschevkensis, Venericardia trapezoidalis, Venericardia tridentata, Venericardia turneri, Venericardia turneri, Venericardia uvaldana, Venericardia valmondoisiensis, Venericardia vasta, Venericardia vaughani, Venericardia vestitoides, Venericardia vigintinaria, Venericardia viquesneli, Venericardia vredenburgi, Venericardia wegeneri, Venericardia withlacoochensis, Venericardia zuliana, Venericardia zuliana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Venericardia (Pacificor) Verastegui
1953Venericardia (Pacificor) Verástegui p. 411
1984Venericardia (Pacificor) Squires p. 45
1987Venericardia (Pacificor) Squires p. 63
1992Venericardia (Pacificor) Moore p. 16
1999Venericardia (Pacificor) Squires p. 25
2002Pacificor Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyVenericardiinaeChavan 1969
genusVenericardiaLamarck 1801
subgenusPacificor

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.

Subg. †Venericardia (Pacificor) Verástegui 1953
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†Venericardia (Pacificor) aragonia Arnold and Hannibal 1914
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Invalid names: Venericardia (Leuroactis) alisoensis Verástegui 1953 [synonym], Venericardia (Leuroactis) schencki Verástegui 1953 [synonym], Venericardia (Leuroactis) vokesi Verástegui 1953 [synonym]
Invalid names: Venericardia (Leuroactis) smileyi Vokes 1939 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Venericardia (Pacificor) gabbi Verástegui 1953 [synonym], Venericardia (Pacificor) hertleini Verástegui 1953 [synonym], Venericardia (Pacificor) lutmani Turner 1938 [synonym], Venericardia (Pacificor) oregonensis Verástegui 1953 [synonym]
†Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922
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Invalid names: Venericardia (Pacificor) weaveri Verástegui 1953 [synonym]
†Venericardia (Pacificor) lisa Verástegui 1953
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Invalid names: Venericardia (Pacificor) transversaria Verástegui 1953 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: shallow infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2018-02-27 11:34:57
Modified: 2018-03-04 20:18:07
Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily
References: Eames 1951, Sanchez Roig 1926, Stanley 1970

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 72.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (66 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) Venericardia taliaferroi (218668)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Venericardia mulleri (11117)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0USA (California) Venericardia transversaria, Venericardia planicosta (207336)
Selandian - Ypresian61.66 - 48.07Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Venericardia mulleri (202260)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) Venericardia mulleri (189952)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Megacardita aragonia (122656) Venericardia calafia (36862 207306 207315) Venericardia hornii (221113) Venericardia planicosta (122294 122337) Venericardia sp. (177611 193542 193544 193545 193547 193548)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Oregon) Venericardia aragonia (52268 200795) Venericardia hornii (52269 200806 200810)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Venericardia joaquinensis (202263)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Oregon) Venericardia merriami, Cardita planicosta (37988)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (California) Venericardia hornii (8014)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Venericardia planicosta (207112 207116)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Oregon) Venericardia aragonia (200870 200874 200875 200877 200878 200879 200880 200886 201033 201041)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Venericardia aragonia (200842 207185 207187 207191) Venericardia hornii (8015 16712 51922 94821 94825 166458 166460 200841 201702 207189) Venericardia n sp. c (238846)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Washington) Venericardia weaveri (43346)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Baja California Sur) Venericardia planicosta (43758)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Alaska) Venericardia clarki (44069 44070)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Venericardia clarki (191188)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Venericardia clarki (52204 52207 201124 203164)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (California) Venericardia planicosta (122295 122340)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Colombia (La Guajira) Venericor hornii (42768)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (California) Venericardia planicosta (193039)