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Venericardia (Baluchicardia) greggiana

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia greggiana was named by Dall (1903) [DISTRIBUTION: "Eocene"; Alabama]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) greggiana by Gardner and Bowles (1939); it was recombined as Venericardia (Baluchicardia) greggiana by Heaslip (1968).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Baluchicardia ameliae, Baluchicardia beaumonti, Baluchicardia bonificae, Baluchicardia briolii, Baluchicardia desioi, Baluchicardia eoplata, Baluchicardia gebelica, Baluchicardia giofrensis, Baluchicardia linoi, Baluchicardia maris-australis, Baluchicardia teirensis, Baluchicardia turirinensis, Cardita albasiensis, Cardita partschi, Cardita squamosissima, Cardita subminuta, Glyptoactis ameliae, Glyptoactis beaumonti, V. acuticosta, V. aegyptiaca, V. agriculturae, V. ajar, V. amazoniana, V. ampla, V. angolae, V. aposmithi, V. awamoaensis, V. awamoensis, V. basteroti, V. bericorum, V. bilineata, V. bisculpta, V. bonneti, V. brittoni, V. castori, V. christei, V. ciplyensis, V. claiboplata, V. collazica, V. compacta, V. corpusculum, V. crebricostata, V. crebrisulcata, V. densecostata, V. deserti, V. domgeri, V. domingensis, V. dua, V. duponti, V. elegantula, V. eutawcolens, V. forgemoli, V. gippslandica, V. gliberti, V. globosa, V. granulicostata, V. heinzelini, V. heroyi, V. hollandi, V. horni, V. hornii, V. hortensis, V. houzeaui, V. iheringi, V. iheringi, V. imbricatoides, V. intermedia, V. islahispaniolae, V. janjukensis, V. janjukiensis, V. junctinova, V. lamyi, V. liasina, V. liasinum, V. libyca, V. lineolata, V. linoi, V. mandarica, V. maris, V. millegrana, V. nagaoi, V. nanaplata, V. oblonga, V. ocalaedes, V. okinoshimensis, V. oligopleura, V. olssoni, V. perantiqua, V. perezi, V. perplana, V. perumbonata, V. phyletica, V. planicostata, V. prolongata, V. pseudowilmotti, V. quadriangulata, V. quassi, V. quirosana, V. quirosana, V. rabelli, V. roedeli, V. roncana, V. ronchetti, V. rutoti, V. santonensis, V. scabriocstata, V. serricosta, V. serrulata, V. smillina, V. solitaria, V. sowerbyi, V. spinulosa, V. squamulosa, V. straeleni, V. subcompacta, V. subcomplanata, V. subelegans, V. suboompacta, V. subquadrata, V. subrotunda, V. suessi, V. teneidensis, V. texalana, V. tjuschevkensis, V. trapezoidalis, V. turneri, V. uvaldana, V. valmondoisiensis, V. vasta, V. vaughani, V. vigintinaria, V. vredenburgi, V. wegeneri, V. withlacoochensis, V. zuliana, V. zuliana, V. monilifera, V. rufa, V. sillimani, V. nortensis, V. vestitoides, V. dufrenoyi, V. sindensis, V. viquesneli, V. hesperide, V. ferruginosa, V. ferruginosa, V. clarki, V. hornii, V. aposcitula, V. conradiana, V. leonensis, V. perplana, V. tridentata, V. perplana, V. leonensis, V. eutawcolens, V. latissima, V. petraea, V. rotunda, V. rotunda, V. aposmithi, V. augustoscrobis, V. elongata, V. gardnerae, V. guajirensis, V. hijuana, V. klimacodes, V. sabinensis, V. smithi, V. turneri
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2007-01-28

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Venericardia greggiana Dall p. 1425
1939Venericardia (Venericor) greggiana Gardner and Bowles p. 194
1968Venericardia (Baluchicardia) greggiana Heaslip p. 88

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
Heterodonta(Neumayr 1884)
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyCarditesinaeChavan 1969
genusVenericardiaRutsch and Schenck 1943
subgenusBaluchicardia
speciesgreggiana()

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 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: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Ypresian or 59.24000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Venericardia greggiana (80495 80672 86176 86179 90141 90818 98365 98409)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Mississippi) Venericardia greggiana (100148)