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Venericardia (Venericor) tonosiensis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy

Venericardia tonosiensis was named by Rustch (1936). Its type specimen is NMB 211, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PRI station 3139, Bucaru-Punta Guanico, which is in a Priabonian coastal sandstone in the Tonosí Formation of Panama.

It was recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) tonosiensis by Gardner and Bowles (1939).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Cardita albasiensis, Cardita squamosissima, V. agriculturae, V. amazoniana, V. awamoensis, V. bisculpta, V. crebrisulcata, V. elegantula, V. forgemoli, V. globosa, V. horni, V. intermedia, V. liasina, V. liasinum, V. millegrana, V. nagaoi, V. okinoshimensis, V. quadriangulata, V. rutoti, V. serricosta, V. smillina, V. turneri, V. withlacoochensis, V. monilifera, V. vestitoides, V. leonensis, V. perplana, V. gardnerae, V. guajirensis, V. sabinensis, Venericor densata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1936	Venericardia tonosiensis Rustch pp. 168-170 figs. pl. 16, figs. 2-4
1939	Venericardia (Venericor) tonosiensis Gardner and Bowles p. 178

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Carditioni	Dall 1889
order	Carditida	(Dall 1889)
superfamily	Crassatelloidea	(Férussac 1822)
family	Carditidae	Fleming 1820
subfamily	Venericardiinae	Chavan 1969
genus	Venericardia	Lamarck 1801
subgenus	Venericor
species	tonosiensis	(Rustch 1936)

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.

†Venericardia (Venericor) tonosiensis Rustch 1936

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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, Stanley 1970, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Panama	Venericardia tonosiensis (type locality: 80999)