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Protocardia striatula

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy

Protocardia striatula was named by Sowerby (1829). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. africana, P. barneyi, P. beiha, P. besairiei, P. bipi, P. contusa, P. hillanum, P. lycetti, P. moshuiwanensis, P. olea, P. oxynoti, P. parahillana, P. pertenuis, P. phillipiana, P. rahmuensis, P. regulare, P. schucherti, P. shehuensis, P. spillmani, P. subhillanum, P. texana, P. tosensis, P. amanoi, P. goradongarensis, P. lycetti, P. peraltaensis, P. phillipiana

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1829	Protocardia striatula Sowerby
1995	Protocardia striatula Sha p. 110 figs. Pl 37, figs 10-14
2008	Protocardia striatula Scholz et al.

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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)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioidei	Ferussac 1822
superfamily	Cardioidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Cardiidae	Lamarck 1809
subfamily	Protocardiinae	Reuss 1846
genus	Protocardia	(Beyrich 1845)
species	striatula	Sowerby 1829

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.

†Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
valve height	2	19.4	18.8	19.9	19.4	0.820

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 Early/Lower Pliensbachian to the top of the Tithonian or 192.90000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (195 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliensbachian	192.9 - 184.2	Mexico (Sonora)	Protocardia striatula (115216)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian	192.9 - 184.2	Chile	Protocardia striatula (33654 33655 33657 33658 33659 33660 33661 33662 33663 33882 33883 33888 33890 35433 35434 35435 35455)
Pliensbachian	192.9 - 184.2	Portugal (Coimbra)	Protocardia striatula (225384 225385)
Pliensbachian	192.9 - 184.2	Chile	Protocardia striatula (7426 7427 7428 7429)
Pliensbachian	192.9 - 184.2	Spain	Protocardia striatula (211862 211866 212200)
Early/Lower Toarcian	184.2 - 182.9	Spain	Protocardia striatula (25211 25212 25213 25214 25216 25218 25608 25609 25610 25611 25612 25613 25617 25620 25621 25663 25665 25666 25667 25668 25669 25670 25671 25675 25771 25776 25777 25778 25780 25781 25937 26137 26143 26151 26152 26154 26155 26321 26322 26382 26384 26386 26390 26391 26393 26400)
Early/Lower Toarcian	184.2 - 182.9	Spain (Teruel)	Protocardia striatula (211066 211067 211068 211169 211170 211171 211172 211173 211174 211175 211178 211179 211184 211186 211187 211189 211192 211193 211194 211195 211196 211197 211198 211199 211200 211201 211202 211203 211204 211205 211206 211207 211208 211209 211210)
Early/Lower Toarcian	184.2 - 182.9	Portugal (Coimbra)	Protocardia striatula (211004 211040 211041 211056)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian	184.2 - 180.4	Spain	Protocardia striatula (25773 51613)
Toarcian	184.2 - 174.7	Chile	Protocardia striatula (7431)
Toarcian - Bajocian	184.2 - 168.2	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	Protocardia striatula (212477)
Middle Toarcian	182.9 - 180.4	Chile	Protocardia striatula (35447)
Middle Toarcian	182.9 - 180.4	Spain	Protocardia striatula (25784)
Late/Upper Toarcian	180.4 - 174.7	Chile	Protocardia striatula (33875 35453)
Late/Upper Toarcian - Aalenian	180.4 - 170.9	Chile	Protocardia striatula (35454)
Aalenian	174.7 - 170.9	United Kingdom (Yorkshire)	Protocardia striatula (220494)
Aalenian	174.7 - 170.9	Chile	Protocardia striatula (35451)
Early/Lower Bajocian	170.9 - 168.6	Argentina	Protocardia striatula (25416)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian	168.6 - 165.3	France	Protocardia striatula (9138)
Early/Lower Bathonian - Late/Upper Bajocian	168.2 - 168.2	France	Protocardia striatula (8834)
Bathonian - Kimmeridgian	168.2 - 149.2	China (Qinghai)	Protocardia striatula (59649)
Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	India	Protocardia striatula (61521 61524 61533 61794 61885 63240 67399 67401 67567 67577 68078 68393 68551 68593)
Early/Lower Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	India	Protocardia striatula (61816 62155)
Late/Upper Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	India	Protocardia striatula (61558 61659 61667 61733 62165 67550 67559 68291 68553)
Middle Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian	165.3 - 152.21	Iran (Tabas Area)	Protocardia striatula (41417)
Early/Lower Oxfordian	161.5 - 154.8	India	Protocardia striatula (63530)
Oxfordian	161.5 - 154.8	France	Protocardia striatula (8807)
Oxfordian	161.5 - 154.8	Greenland	Protocardia striatula (1464 1465 1468 1471 1496)
Tithonian	149.2 - 143.1	Greenland	Protocardia striatula (1199 1204 1210 1212 1214 1218 1219 1231 1232 1233 1236 1239 1240 1241 1242 1248 1249 1251 1253 1258 1261 1262 1267 1271 1272 1274 1276 1407 1409 1460 1461 1462 1474 1477 1480)