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Coanicardita occidentalis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Cardita occidentalis was named by Conrad (1855) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Pleistocene; California ]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cyclocardia occidentalis by Rodda (1957) and Hertlein and Grant (1972); it was recombined as Cyclocardia (Cyclocardia) occidentalis by Moore (1992), Coan et al. (2000); it was recombined as Coanicardita occidentalis by Pérez and Giachetti (2020), Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Cardita occidentalis Conrad p. 267
1857Cardita occidentalis Conrad p. 73
1861Cardita monilicosta Gabb p. 371
1908Venericardia monilicosta Arnold p. 425
1957Cyclocardia occidentalis Rodda p. 2482
1972Cyclocardia occidentalis Hertlein and Grant pp. 230-231
1992Cyclocardia (Cyclocardia) occidentalis Moore p. 13
2000Cyclocardia (Cyclocardia) occidentalis Coan et al. p. 303
2020Coanicardita occidentalis Pérez and Giachetti p. 15
2021Coanicardita occidentalis Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
genusCoanicardita
speciesoccidentalis()

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.

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Invalid names: Cardita monilicosta Gabb 1861 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-08-17 20:23:42
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:23:42
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Eames 1951

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Cardita ventricosa (200398) Cyclocardia occidentalis (239465 239469 239470 239575 239580)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Venericardia borealis (186031)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Cyclocardia occidentalis (38042 83787 168757 231899)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Cyclocardia occidentalis (202968 202990 203114) Venericardia monilicosta (207886)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cyclocardia occidentalis (38043)