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Perucardia

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Perucardia was named by Olsson (1944) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 991]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cardiinae by Vokes (1980); to Cardiidae by Schneider (2002); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Perucardia Olsson
1980Perucardia Vokes p. 127
2002Perucardia Schneider p. 351 figs. Figure 25
2002Perucardia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
genusPerucardiaOlsson 1944

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. †Perucardia Olsson 1944
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Perucardia brueggeni Olsson 1944
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: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Peru Vepricardium brueggeni (62033)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Peru Vepricardium brueggeni (62037)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Colombia P. brueggeni (1375)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Peru P. brueggeni (1336)