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Lymnocardiidae

Bivalvia - Carditida - Lymnocardiidae

Taxonomy
Lymnocardiidae was named by Stoliczka (1870) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5151]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Cardiacea by Vokes (1980); and to Carditida by Popa et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Lymnocardiidae Stoliczka
1980Lymnocardiidae Vokes p. 130
2009Limnocardiidae Popa et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
familyLymnocardiidaeStoliczka 1870
familyLymnocardiidaeStoliczka 1870

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.

Fm. Lymnocardiidae Stoliczka 1870
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Subfm. †Didacninae Ebersin 1962
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G. Didacna Eichwald 1838
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Didacna cristata Bogachev 1932
Didacna ebersini Fedorov 1953
Didacna emendata Popov 1983
Didacna subcatillus Andrusov 1910
Didacna subcrassa Pravoslavlev 1939
Didacna subpyramidata Pravoslavlev 1939
Didacna trigonoides Pallas 1771
G. †Eupatorina Akhvlediani 1970
G. †Prosodacnomya Ebersin 1959
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:33:36
Modified: 2010-02-12 03:59:35
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Croatia Didacna deserta (68266)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Thraki) Limnocardiidae indet. (205293 205294 205295)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Prosodacnomya sabbae (172910 172914 172915 199859)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Romania Eupatorina littoralis, Prosodacnomya dainelli, Prosodacnomya rostrata (73300) Prosodacnomya sturi (73301)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Georgia Didacna lutrae (45925)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Turkey (Bursa) Didacna sp., Didacna subpyramidata (92058)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Didacna cristata, Didacna ebersini, Didacna emendata, Didacna subcatillus, Didacna subcrassa, Didacna subpyramidata (201990)