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Cardita (Cardita)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Cardita (Cardita) was named by Bruguiére (1792). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cardita by Bruguiére (1792), Woodring (1925), Olsson (1967), Freneix et al. (1988), Moore (1992), Vera-Peláez et al. (2004).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Cardita aculeata, Cardita aculeata, Cardita acuticosta, Cardita aegyptica, Cardita albasiensis, Cardita alloiteaui, Cardita anclotensis, Cardita apotegea, Cardita apotegea, Cardita arata, Cardita asteriana, Cardita baziniformis, Cardita belenensis, Cardita bericorum, Cardita beuquei, Cardita bicolor, Cardita bifurca, Cardita boettgeri, Cardita caliculata, Cardita canaliculata, Cardita chmeietensis, Cardita cloacina, Cardita constantii, Cardita cultrigera, Cardita cumanesa, Cardita cumingiana, Cardita decemcostata, Cardita decipiens, Cardita defterensis, Cardita delettrei, Cardita depressa, Cardita dimorpha, Cardita domgeri, Cardita elongata, Cardita extensa, Cardita ezoensis, Cardita fajumensis, Cardita fayumensis, Cardita fenestrata, Cardita forgemolli, Cardita gastelloi, Cardita globiformis, Cardita gracilis, Cardita gryphoides, Cardita gubernaculum, Cardita gunteri, Cardita hippopea, Cardita hortensis, Cardita ishigakensis, Cardita javana, Cardita jonanneti, Cardita jouanneti, Cardita jouanneti, Cardita jouanneti, Cardita koroniensis, Cardita laticostata, Cardita leana, Cardita libyca, Cardita liveoakensis, Cardita mansuyi, Cardita monilifera, Cardita morganiana, Cardita newtoni, Cardita nuwokensis, Cardita oblonga, Cardita partschi, Cardita partschi, Cardita pectinata, Cardita perplana, Cardita pleschakovi, Cardita rotonda, Cardita rudista, Cardita ruginosa, Cardita sallomacensis, Cardita sanctae-crucis, Cardita senegalensis, Cardita squamosissima, Cardita squamulosa, Cardita steinekei, Cardita subcomplanata, Cardita subcrassidens, Cardita subdeceptiva, Cardita subminuta, Cardita subnipponica, Cardita suborbicularis, Cardita subrudista, Cardita suessi, Cardita sulcataria, Cardita sumatrensis, Cardita tankervillei, Cardita tenuicosta, Cardita tetragona, Cardita tigilensis, Cardita tjidamarensis, Cardita tkidamarensis, Cardita trapezia, Cardita upwarensis, Cardita valdensis, Cardita villersensis, Cardita viquesneli, Cardita xenophonti, Glans ronchetti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Cardita (Cardita) Bruguiére
1925Cardita (Cardita) Woodring p. 98
1967Cardita (Cardita) Olsson p. 11
1988Cardita (Cardita) Freneix et al. p. 422
1992Cardita (Cardita) Moore p. 11
2004Cardita (Cardita) Vera-Peláez et al. p. 255

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
genusCarditaBruguière 1792
subgenusCarditaBruguiére 1792

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. Cardita (Cardita) Bruguiére 1792
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Cardita (Cardita) gabrielensis Clark and Durham 1946
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-08-17 20:23:42
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:23:42
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily
References: Eames 1951, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 37.71000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (California) Cardita superioris (193039)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Colombia (Bolivar) Cardita gabrielensis (3315)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France (Aquitaine) Cardita crassa (74865)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Cardita calyculata, Cardita crassa (178108)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Romania Cardita crassa (70056)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Ecuador (Manabi) Cardita belenensis (60754)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Bulgaria Cardita calyculata (60288)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Cardita tkidamarensis (70098)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Spain Cardita vindobonensis (69788 69789)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Cardita calyculata (70786 70863 70864 70879 70882) Cardita calyculata, Cardita vindobonensis (70887) Cardita vindobonensis (70881)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Cardita vindobonensis (70889)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Malta Cardita calyculata (131977)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Cardita seminolensis (79761 79762 79959)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy Cardita calyculata (78312)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy (Livorno) Cardita calyculata (173663)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain Cardita calyculata (128324 128384)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Cardita calyculata (127581)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco Cardita calyculata (127573)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco Cardita calyculata (127592 127599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Cardita calyculata (76579 127358 127359 127360 128327)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Azores) Cardita calyculata (128466 128470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Cardita calyculata (122244)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Cardita calyculata (128328)