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Cardiola retrostriata acuticosta

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardiola retrostriata acuticosta was named by Sandberger and Sandberger (1854). Its type specimen is MB-M 924 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type subspecies of Acuticosta, Costacutia.

It was recombined as Acuticosta acuticosta by Grimm (1998); it was recombined as Costacutia acuticosta by Grimm (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Cardiola retrostriata acuticosta Sandberger and Sandberger figs. pl. 28 f. 9
1998Acuticosta acuticosta Grimm pp. 54 - 56 figs. pl. 1 f. 7-9; pl. 6 f. 4-7
2000Costacutia acuticosta Grimm p. 465

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderCyrtodontidaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
suborderPraecardiidina()
PraecardioideiNewell 1965
superfamilyPraecardioideaHoernes 1884
familyPraecardiidaeHoernes 1884
genusCardiola
speciesretrostriata(von Buch 1832)
subspeciesacuticostaSandberger and Sandberger 1854

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.

Cardiola retrostriata acuticosta Sandberger and Sandberger 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 10:55:05
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:24:22
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Frasnian or 382.31000 to 379.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Germany (Hesse) Cardiola retrostriata (275552)