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Cypricardinia indenta

Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae

Taxonomy

Cypricardites indenta was named by Conrad (1842).

It was recombined as Cypricardinia indenta by Walcott (1884), Hall (1885).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. carbonaria, C. carbonaria, C. consimilis, C. creinistria, C. indianensis, C. lima, C. longiuscula, C. minima, C. minuscula, C. moorefieldana, C. redux, C. sinuosa, C. subindenta

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1842	Cypricardites indenta Conrad p. 244 figs. pl. 12, fig. 12
1884	Cypricardinia indenta Walcott p. 182 figs. Plate v, fig. 14; pi. xv, fig. 11.
1885	Cypricardinia indenta Hall pp. 485 - 486 figs. PLATE LXXIX, f. 6-16, 23; Pl. XCVI, f. 2.

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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)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Modiomorphida	(Newell 1969)
superfamily	Modiomorphoidea	(Miller 1877)
family	Cypricardiniidae	Ulrich 1894
genus	Cypricardinia
species	indenta	(Conrad 1842)

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.

†Cypricardinia indenta Conrad 1842

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Entire body:

yesg

Adult length:

1.0 to < 10g

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10g

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10g

Thickness:

intermediateg

Folds:

noneg

Ribbing:

minorg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

noneg

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

semi-infaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-06-05 11:46:02

Modified:

2009-06-05 13:46:02

Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Givetian or 387.95000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (64 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Eifelian - Givetian	393.47 - 382.31	USA (New York)	Cypricardinia indenta (54379)
Middle Devonian	393.47 - 382.31	USA (New York)	Cypricardinia indenta (91091 91216 91217 91225 91226 91227 91228 91229 91230 91232 91233 91234 91236 91237 91242 91245 91249 91274 91277 91278 91279)
Givetian	387.95 - 382.31	USA (Ohio)	Cypricardinia indenta (38457 38460 76557 76565)
Givetian	387.95 - 382.31	USA (Pennsylvania)	Cypricardinia indenta (9659 9888 9893 9916)
Givetian	387.95 - 382.31	USA (New York)	Cypricardinia indenta (8716 8723 8724 8725 8726 8979 8984 8993 8994 8996 9003 9005 9006 9019 9020 9028 9356 10107 10110 10119 54574 89648 89651 89653 89654 89659 89660 89669 96209 96210 96211 96212 96213)
Givetian	387.95 - 382.31	USA (Indiana)	Cypricardinia indenta (170009)