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Venericor planicosta

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia planicosta was named by Lamarck (1801). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Venericardia (Venericor).

It was recombined as Cardita planicosta by Lamarck (1806), Deshayes (1830), Deshayes (1842), Bronn (1848), D'Orbigny (1850), Morris (1854), Deshayes (1858) and Heilprin (1879); it was recombined as Venericardia (Megacardita) planicosta by Cossmann and Pissarro (1904); it was recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) planicosta by Stewart (1930); it was recombined as Megacardita (Venericor) planicosta by Glibert and Van de Poel (1970) and Glibert (1985); it was recombined as Venericor planicosta by Le Renard (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Venericardia planicosta Lamarck p. 123 figs. 19: 10
1806Cardita planicosta Lamarck p. 55 figs. 19: 10
1807Venericardia planicosta Fischer p. 260
1814Venericardia planicosta Sowerby figs. pl. 1
1818Venericardia planicosta Lamarck p. 664
1824Venericardia planicosta Deshayes p. 142
1828Venericardia planicosta Defrance p. 231
1830Cardita planicosta Deshayes p. 198
1836Venericardia planicosta Bronn p. 946
1839Venericardia planicostata Bowerbank
1842Cardita planicosta Deshayes figs. pl. 32, figs. 1-3
1848Cardita planicosta Bronn p. 227
1848Cardita planicostata Nyst pp. 205-207
1850Cardita planicosta D'Orbigny p. 324
1854Cardita planicosta Morris p. 191
1858Cardita planicosta Deshayes p. 756
1879Cardita planicosta Heilprin p. 220
1887Venericardia planicosta Cossmann p. 90
1895Venericardia planicosta Clark p. 5
1901Venericardia planicosta Cossmann p. 653
1903Venericardia planicosta Dall p. 1418
1904Venericardia (Megacardita) planicosta Cossmann and Pissarro
1912Venericardia planicosta Maury p. 51
1919Venericardia planicosta Harris p. 77
1922Venericardia planicosta Woods p. 66
1928Venericardia planicosta Anderson p. 22
1930Venericardia (Venericor) planicosta Stewart p. 153
1938Venericardia planicosta Turner p. 48
1970Megacardita (Venericor) planicosta Glibert and Van de Poel p. 106
1985Megacardita (Venericor) planicosta Glibert p. 285
1994Venericor planicosta Le Renard

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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
genusVenericorLamarck 1801
speciesplanicosta(Lamarck 1801)

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.

†Venericor planicosta Lamarck 1801
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
height141.2

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: Stanley 1970, Eames 1951, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 66.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Venericardia planicosta (86395)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (California) Venericardia planicosta (193035)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Venericor planicosta (22931)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Venericardia planicosta (190773)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) Venericardia planicosta (238713)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago Venericardia planicosta (80170)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Virginia) Venericardia planicosta (84048)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Cardita planicosta (200271) Venericardia planicosta (122337)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Venericardia planicosta (41751)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium Megacardita planicosta (77608)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Venericardia planicosta (207112 207116)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria Cardita planicosta (51241) Venericardia planicosta (60711)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Venericardia planicosta (8048) Venericor planicosta (8047 8124 8125)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Belgium Megacardita planicosta (77611 77613)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Texas) Venericardia planicosta (41426 41433 41435 41436 41439 41441 41443)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Cardita planicosta (42562)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Venericardia planicosta (2416 2417 2418 2440 2441 2443)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Venericardia planicosta (41427)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) Venericardia planicosta (139020 207129)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (California) Venericardia planicosta (122336)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Venericardia planicosta (78567)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Venericardia planicosta (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Venericardia planicosta (2434)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Venericardia planicosta (40512) Venericardia planicostata (40523 40530)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) Venericardia planicosta (16549)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Venericardia planicosta (132822)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) Cardita planicosta (13405)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Venericardia planicosta (40774) Venericardia planicostata (39696)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Peru (Piura) Venericardia planicosta (52523)