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Venericardia (Rotundicardia)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

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 castori, 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 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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Venericardia (Rotundicardia) Heaslip pp. 89-90
1982Venericardia (Rotundicardia) Dockery p. 64
1982Venericardia (Rotundicardia) Woodring p. 627

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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
subgenusRotundicardia

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Selandian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 61.66000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (150 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Australia (Western Australia) Venericardia petraea (162311)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Louisiana) Venericardia rotunda (98921)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (South Carolina) Venericardia eutawcolens, Venericardia rotunda (52344)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Venericardia rotunda (1443 1444 81209 81238 81241)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Mississippi) Venericardia rotunda (2414 2415 99673)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Venericardia rotunda (205421 205532) Venericardia rotunda, Venericardia rotunda (205496)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Venericardia rotunda (205420)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Texas) Venericardia rotunda (2412 2413)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Baja California Sur) Venericardia rotunda (43753)
Lutetian - Priabonian48.07 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Venericardia diversidentata (1282 1283 1284 1285 1286 1287 1289 1291 1292 1293 1422 1423 1424 1425 1426 1427 1429 1430 1431 1432 1433 1434)
Lutetian - Priabonian48.07 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Venericardia diversidentata (1294 1417 1418 1419 1420)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Venericardia diversidentata (3531 3532 3533 90471 90643 90704 91097 117473 205526 205535) Venericardia rotunda (2434 2444 2446 2449 2451 90709 98571 99735 205508)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Venericardia diversidentata (3503) Venericardia rotunda (2416 2417 2418 2419 2420 2421 2422 2423 2440 2441 2443 2453 2454 5311 5312 5316 5318 5320 5321 5322 5330 5332 5334 5335 6788 81266 81275 81278 81282 205438 205489) Venericardia rotunda, Venericardia diversidentata (90600)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Arkansas) Venericardia diversidentata (99165)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Venericardia carsonensis, Venericardia diversidentata (90305) Venericardia diversidentata (1413 1414 1415 3534 90652 91115 205501) Venericardia rotunda (44405 44408 44410 44517 44518)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Venericardia rotunda (98713 98865 98872 205480)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Venericardia carsonensis (90450)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Australia (South Australia) Venericardia latissima (48444)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Australia (Victoria) Venericardia latissima (48576 48577)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Panama Venericardia sp. (42495 42533)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Australia (Western Australia) Venericardia latissima (48441)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Venericardia diversidentata (6802) Venericardia rotunda (45636)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Venericardia diversidentata (3539)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Venezuela Venericardia sp. (134847)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Venericardia carsonensis (43077 43078)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Venericardia carsonensis (43079)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Venericardia carsonensis (5500 5501 5612 5779 5787 5788 5791 5867 5941 5942 5943 5944 5947 6004 66310 66317 66329 74077 74078 74083 101197)