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Venericardia (Venericor)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia (Venericor) was named by Stewart (1930) [DISTRIBUTION: Paleocene-Eocene; Europe and North America.]. Its type is Venericardia planicosta.

It was Megacardita (Venericor) by Vokes (1939), Glibert (1985); it was reranked as Venericor by Vokes (1980), Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Venericardiinae by Vokes (1980); to Megacardita by Vokes (1939), Glibert (1985); to Venericardia by Stewart (1930), Gardner and Bowles (1939), Verástegui (1953), Uozumi (1955), Olsson and Richards (1961), Uliana and Camacho (1975), Adegoke (1977), Moore (1992), Camacho et al. (2000); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Subtaxa
Venericardia (Venericor) agustoscrobis, Venericardia (Venericor) apodensata, Venericardia (Venericor) aposmithii, Venericardia (Venericor) ascia (syn. Venericardia marylandica), Venericardia (Venericor) bashiplata, Venericardia (Venericor) cacamai, Venericardia (Venericor) claiboplata, Venericardia (Venericor) clavidens, Venericardia (Venericor) claviger, Venericardia (Venericor) cookei, Venericardia (Venericor) densata (syn. Venericardia mooreana), Venericardia (Venericor) diga, Venericardia (Venericor) francescae, Venericardia (Venericor) hatcheplata, Venericardia (Venericor) horatiana, Venericardia (Venericor) jewelli, Venericardia (Venericor) kilmacodes, Venericardia (Venericor) labreansis, Venericardia (Venericor) mediaplata, Venericardia (Venericor) mingoensis, Venericardia (Venericor) nanaplata, Venericardia (Venericor) negritensis, Venericardia (Venericor) nigeriana, Venericardia (Venericor) nipponica, Venericardia (Venericor) pacifica, Venericardia (Venericor) parinensis, Venericardia (Venericor) peruviana, Venericardia (Venericor) pilsbryi, Venericardia (Venericor) potapacoensis, Venericardia (Venericor) regia, Venericardia (Venericor) restinensis, Venericardia (Venericor) samanensis, Venericardia (Venericor) smithii, Venericardia (Venericor) stewarti, Venericardia (Venericor) subnipponica, Venericardia (Venericor) tonosiensis, Venericardia (Venericor) vallecitosensis (syn. Megacardita (Venericor) hornii carlosensis), Venericardia (Venericor) venturensis (syn. Venericardia (Venericor) simiana), Venericardia (Venericor) zapatai, Venericor brongniartii, Venericor planicosta
Species lacking formal opinion data
Cardita albasiensis, Cardita partschi, Cardita squamosissima, Cardita subminuta, Venericardia acuticosta, Venericardia aegyptiaca, Venericardia agriculturae, Venericardia ajar, Venericardia amazoniana, Venericardia ampla, Venericardia angolae, Venericardia aposcitula, Venericardia aposmithi, Venericardia aposmithi, Venericardia augustoscrobis, Venericardia awamoaensis, Venericardia awamoensis, Venericardia basteroti, Venericardia bericorum, Venericardia bilineata, Venericardia bisculpta, Venericardia bonneti, Venericardia brittoni, Venericardia burmeisteri, Venericardia christei, Venericardia ciplyensis, Venericardia claiboplata, Venericardia clarki, Venericardia collazica, Venericardia compacta, Venericardia conradiana, Venericardia corpusculum, Venericardia crebricostata, Venericardia crebrisulcata, Venericardia densecostata, Venericardia deserti, Venericardia domgeri, Venericardia domingensis, Venericardia dua, Venericardia dufrenoyi, Venericardia duponti, Venericardia elegantula, Venericardia elongata, Venericardia eutawcolens, Venericardia eutawcolens, Venericardia ferruginosa, Venericardia forgemoli, Venericardia gardnerae, Venericardia gippslandica, Venericardia gliberti, Venericardia globosa, Venericardia granulicostata, Venericardia guajirensis, Venericardia heinzelini, Venericardia heroyi, Venericardia hesperide, Venericardia hijuana, Venericardia hollandi, Venericardia horni, Venericardia hornii, Venericardia hornii, Venericardia hortensis, Venericardia houzeaui, Venericardia iheringi, Venericardia iheringi, Venericardia imbricatoides, Venericardia intermedia, Venericardia islahispaniolae, Venericardia janjukensis, Venericardia janjukiensis, Venericardia junctinova, Venericardia klimacodes, Venericardia lamyi, Venericardia latissima, Venericardia leonensis, Venericardia leonensis, Venericardia liasina, Venericardia liasinum, Venericardia libyca, Venericardia lineolata, Venericardia linoi, Venericardia mandarica, Venericardia maris, Venericardia millegrana, Venericardia monilifera, Venericardia nagaoi, Venericardia nanaplata, Venericardia nortensis, Venericardia oblonga, Venericardia ocalaedes, Venericardia okinoshimensis, Venericardia oligopleura, Venericardia olssoni, Venericardia pectuncularis, Venericardia perantiqua, Venericardia perezi, Venericardia perplana, Venericardia perplana, Venericardia perplana, Venericardia perumbonata, Venericardia petraea, Venericardia phyletica, Venericardia planicostata, Venericardia prolongata, Venericardia pseudowilmotti, Venericardia quadriangulata, Venericardia quassi, Venericardia quirosana, Venericardia quirosana, Venericardia rabelli, Venericardia roedeli, Venericardia roncana, Venericardia ronchetti, Venericardia rotunda, Venericardia rotunda, Venericardia rufa, Venericardia rutoti, Venericardia sabinensis, Venericardia santonensis, Venericardia scabriocstata, Venericardia serricosta, Venericardia serrulata, Venericardia sillimani, Venericardia sindensis, Venericardia smillina, Venericardia smithi, Venericardia solitaria, Venericardia sowerbyi, Venericardia spinulosa, Venericardia squamulosa, Venericardia straeleni, Venericardia subcompacta, Venericardia subcomplanata, Venericardia subelegans, Venericardia suboompacta, Venericardia subquadrata, Venericardia subrotunda, Venericardia suessi, Venericardia teneidensis, Venericardia texalana, Venericardia tjuschevkensis, Venericardia trapezoidalis, Venericardia tridentata, Venericardia turneri, Venericardia turneri, Venericardia uvaldana, Venericardia valmondoisiensis, Venericardia vasta, Venericardia vaughani, Venericardia vestitoides, Venericardia vigintinaria, Venericardia viquesneli, Venericardia vredenburgi, Venericardia wegeneri, Venericardia withlacoochensis, Venericardia zuliana, Venericardia zuliana, Venericor barroneti, Venericor densata, Venericor planicosta, Venericor planicostata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Venericardia (Venericor) Stewart p. 153
1939Venericardia (Venericor) Gardner and Bowles p. 168
1939Megacardita (Venericor) Vokes pp. 66, 67
1953Venericardia (Venericor) Verástegui p. 439
1955Venericardia (Venericor) Uozumi p. 76
1961Venericardia (Venericor) Olsson and Richards p. 6
1975Venericardia (Venericor) Uliana and Camacho p. 369
1977Venericardia (Venericor) Adegoke p. 260
1980Venericor Vokes p. 119
1985Megacardita (Venericor) Glibert p. 285
1992Venericardia (Venericor) Moore p. 16
2000Venericardia (Venericor) Camacho et al. p. 68
2002Venericor Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyVenericardiinaeChavan 1969
genusVenericardiaLamarck 1801
subgenusVenericor

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.

Subg. †Venericardia (Venericor) Stewart 1930
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†Venericardia (Venericor) agustoscrobis Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) apodensata Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) aposmithii Gardner and Bowles 1939
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Invalid names: Venericardia marylandica Clark and Martin 1901 [synonym]
†Venericardia (Venericor) bashiplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) cacamai Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) claiboplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) claviger Gardner and Bowles 1936
†Venericardia (Venericor) cookei Gardner and Bowles 1939
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†Venericardia (Venericor) densata malinchae Gardner and Bowles 1939
Invalid names: Venericardia mooreana Conrad 1867 [synonym]
†Venericardia (Venericor) diga Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) francescae Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) hatcheplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) kilmacodes Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) mediaplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) mingoensis Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) nanaplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) nanaplata nanna Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) potapacoensis Clark and Martin 1901
†Venericardia (Venericor) stewarti Gardner and Bowles 1939
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Invalid names: Venericardia (Venericor) simiana Verástegui 1953 [synonym]
†Venericardia (Venericor) zapatai Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericor brongniartii Sowerby 1850
†Venericor planicosta Lamarck 1801
Invalid names: Megacardita (Venericor) hornii carlosensis Vokes 1939 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height532.925.841.235.05.91

Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: shallow infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2018-02-27 11:34:57
Modified: 2018-03-04 20:18:07
Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Stanley 1970, Eames 1951

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 72.20000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (481 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Algeria Venericor barroneti (1344)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Libya Venericor barroneti (1370)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Tunisia Venericor barroneti (1365)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (California) Venericardia planicosta, Venericardia simiana (193035)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Venericardia jewelli (91822 99000 108730) Venericardia jewelli, Venericardia smithii (98997) Venericardia mediaplata, Venericardia smithii (92222) Venericardia smithi (99010) Venericardia smithii (91802 91803 91811 91812 91819 91820 91821 91832 92245 92246 98701 98820 98861 98880 108733 108734 108735)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Georgia) Venericardia mediaplata (2824) Venericardia smithii (2832 98659)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Alabama) Venericardia mediaplata (2810 2812 2823 2842 98391) Venericardia mediaplata, Venericardia smithii (2809 2814 2815 2818) Venericardia planicosta (86395) Venericardia smithii (2819 2821 98424)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Mississippi) Venericardia francescae (98524) Venericardia mediaplata (91730)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Tennessee) Venericardia hijuana (91770)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Colombia (Guajira) Venericardia sp. (99141)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) Cardita planicosta (13405)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Venericardia klimacodes (92300)
Late/Upper Eocene - Middle Miocene37.71 - 11.63Argentina (Rio Negro) Venericardia sp. (43721)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Argentina Venericardia sp. (71598 71600)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Japan Venericardia subnipponica (70764 70765 70766 70767 70768 70769 70774 70775 70776 70777 70779 70780 70781 70783 70810 70894 70895 70896 70897)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Japan Venericardia subnipponica (81199)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Japan (Yamaguchi) Venericardia subnipponica (51449)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina Venericor sp. (71428)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Peru Venericardia clavidens (93757)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Argentina (Rio Negro) Venericardia sp. (43722)