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Venericardia ameliae

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy

Venericardia beaumonti ameliae was named by Peron (1928).

It was recombined as Venericardia ameliae by Dartevelle and Freneix (1957) and Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983).

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. smillina, V. turneri, V. withlacoochensis, V. monilifera, V. vestitoides, V. leonensis, V. gardnerae, V. guajirensis, V. sabinensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1928	Venericardia beaumonti ameliae Douvillé
1928	Venericardia beaumonti ameliae Peron
1957	Venericardia ameliae Dartevelle and Freneix p. 130 figs. Pl 23, figs 3,4
1983	Venericardia ameliae Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 91 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-6

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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
species	ameliae	(Peron 1928)

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 ameliae Peron 1928

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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: Sanchez Roig 1926, Stanley 1970, Eames 1951

Age range: Early/Lower Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Mozambique	Venericardia ameliae (174825)