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Carditacea

Bivalvia - Cardiida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Carditacea Fleming
1931Carditacea Olsson p. 47
1957Carditacea Rivera p. 193
1965Carditacea Newell p. 19
1980Carditacea Vokes p. 116
1982Carditacea Dockery p. 64
1983Carditacea Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 91
1984Carditacea Squires p. 44
1987Carditacea Squires p. 63
1987Carditacea Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1990Carditacea Beu et al. p. 397
1992Carditoidea Ward p. 81
1999Carditoidea Ride et al.
2000Carditoidea Coan et al. p. 258
2002Carditoidea Giribet and Wheeler
2006Carditacea El Qot p. 73
2009Carditoidea Nevesskaja
2010Carditoidea Bouchet et al.
2015Carditoidea Hickman p. 5

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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
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
superfamilyCarditaceaFleming 1820
superfamilyCarditaceaFleming 1820

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.

Superfm. Carditacea Fleming 1820
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G. †Birkelundita Heinberg 1993
G. †Blairella Miller and Gurley 1896
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 12:26:58
Modified: 2004-02-28 14:26:58
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Lacian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 227.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian227.3 - 215.38USA (Alaska) Carditacea indet. (100531)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Denmark Birkelundita turoniensis (1385 1386 35039)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) C. sp. A (74070)