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Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) acanthodes

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia acanthodes was named by Suter (1917) [TYPE LOCALITY: Middle-Late Eocene; South Island, New Zealand]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Venericardia (Venericardia) acanthodes by Fleming (1966); it was recombined as Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) acanthodes by Beu et al. (1990).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Venericardia acanthodes Suter p. 62 figs. pl. 9, figs. 2, 3
1960Venericardia acanthodes Marwick p. 13
1966Venericardia (Venericardia) acanthodes Fleming p. 152
1990Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) acanthodes Beu et al. p. 397

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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(FĂ©russac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyVenericardiinaeChavan 1969
genusGlyptoactis()
subgenusFasciculicardiaMaxwell 1969
speciesacanthodes()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: shallow infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-07-05 09:58:16
Modified: 2018-03-04 20:18:50
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Todd 2001

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 47.80000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3New Zealand (Canterbury) Venericardia acanthodes (50147 50163)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0New Zealand Venericardia acanthodes (64731 64750)