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Isocardia chicoensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae

Taxonomy
Isocardia chicoensis was named by Waring (1917). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chico area in Bell's Canyon north of Simi fault (Locality 2 of Waring 1917), which is in a Campanian marine mudstone in the Chatsworth Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Isocardia chicoensis Waring p. 62 figs. Pl. 8, Fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyGlossoidea(Gray 1847)
familyGlossidaeGray 1847
genusIsocardiaLamarck 1799
specieschicoensis

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.

Isocardia chicoensis Waring 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 18:16:53
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:39:10
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Middle Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Isocardia chicoensis (type locality: 193033)