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Cypricardinia crenistria

Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae

Taxonomy
Cypricardia crenistria was named by Sandberger and Sandberger (1855). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Wiesbaden No 233. Its type locality is Niederlahnstein in Spiriferensandstein, which is in an Emsian marine sandstone in Germany.

It was recombined as Cypricardinia crenistria by Maurer (1886).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Cypricardia crenistria Sandberger and Sandberger p. 263 figs. Pl 28,figs 5, 5a, b
1886Cypricardinia crenistria Maurer pp. 31, 43, 49

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderModiomorphida(Newell 1969)
superfamilyModiomorphoidea(Miller 1877)
familyCypricardiniidaeUlrich 1894
genusCypricardinia
speciescrenistria()

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 crenistria Sandberger and Sandberger 1855
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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: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Emsian or 419.62000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Morocco Cypricardinia crenistria (13935 13936)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (Victoria) Cypricardinia crenistria (75691 75693 75695 75699)
Pragian - Emsian413.02 - 393.47Türkiye (Istanbul) Cypricardinia crenistria (32470)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47New Zealand Cypricardinia crenistria (40522)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Cypricardia crenistria (type locality: 241970)