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Protocardia intexta

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium intextum was named by Muenster (1837).

It was recombined as Protocardia intexta by Fürsich (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cardium nicolletti, P. africana, P. anglica, P. anglica, P. barneyi, P. beiha, P. bella, P. besairiei, P. bipi, P. concinna, P. consobrina, P. contusa, P. coquandi, P. delicatula, P. dufrenoyi, P. dyenisea, P. dyonisea, P. eparcyensis, P. filosa, P. gigantea, P. grandidieri, P. hepingxiangensis, P. hillama, P. hillanum, P. ibukii, P. impressa, P. jacksonense, P. judaica, P. lycetti, P. meridionalis, P. moabitica, P. morinica, P. morrisea, P. moshuiwanensis, P. moutai, P. multistriata, P. olea, P. oxynoti, P. parahillana, P. peralraensis, P. peraltaensis, P. peregrina, P. pertenuis, P. pervinquierei, P. phillipiana, P. phillipsi, P. querangeri, P. rahmuensis, P. rara, P. regulare, P. schencki, P. schenki, P. schucherti, P. semidecussata, P. semipunctata, P. shehuensis, P. silicea, P. sislimanensis, P. sphaeroidalis, P. sphaeroidea, P. spillmani, P. striata, P. strickland, P. striuatula, P. subhillanum, P. subrhaetica, P. substricklandi, P. subtruncata, P. suprajurensis, P. tenuicostata, P. texana, P. tikechkachensis, P. timberensis, P. torta, P. tosensis, P. guadalupense, P. marcosensis, P. sphaeroidea, P. spillmani, P. africana, P. amanoi, P. buckmani, P. coquandi, P. dyonisea, P. goradongarensis, P. goradongarensis, P. grandidieri, P. hepingxiangensis, P. hiraigensis, P. ibukii, P. inaii, P. kachchhensis, P. keerae, P. kurumensis, P. lodraniensis, P. lycetti, P. morii, P. onoi, P. patchamensis, P. peraltaensis, P. peregrina, P. phillipiana, P. prisca, P. sastry, P. subtruncata, P. tosensis, P. bannesianum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Cardium intextum Muenster
1999Protocardia intexta Fürsich

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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
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyProtocardiinaeReuss 1846
genusProtocardia(Beyrich 1845)
speciesintexta(Muenster 1837)

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 intexta Muenster 1837
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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: 2009-07-04 09:31:14
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:21:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 165.30000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (88 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1Tunisia Protocardia intexta (13787)
Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic201.4 - 143.1Tunisia Protocardia intexta (13862 13906)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Protocardia intexta (31075)
Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Protocardia intexta (31077)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Protocardia intexta (13794)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Protocardia intexta (13585 13586 13588 13607 13608 13609 13610 13614 13659 13664 13677)
Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Protocardia intexta (13688)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Protocardia intexta (13689 13786 13790 13791 13795 13813 13856 13869 13871 13900 13902 13950 13952)
Late/Upper Callovian - Late/Upper Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Protocardia intexta (13510 13517 13519 13520)
Late/Upper Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Protocardia intexta (13504)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Tunisia Protocardia intexta (13953)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) Protocardia intexta (1560)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Ethiopia Protocardia intexta (93494)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Protocardia intexta (67909 67933 67934 67937 67942 67943 67944 67951 67957)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Protocardia intexta (6011 7054 7055 7056 7059 7075 7076 7393 7394 7395 7407 7409 7410 8202 8203 8318 8602 8670 67959 68212)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2United Kingdom (England) Protocardia intexta (1571)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian154.8 - 145.06Portugal Protocardia intexta (8286)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal Protocardia intexta (68234)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Portugal Protocardia intexta (7414 7870 7877 7892 7893 7894 7895 7915 8170 8205 8206 8317 8319 8335 8604)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Portugal Protocardia intexta (8164)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Portugal Protocardia intexta (8166)