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Anomalocardia cuneimeris

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus cuneimeris was named by Conrad (1846) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; circum-Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Anomalocardia cuneimeris by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonyms
  • Venus auberiana was named by d'Orbigny (1853) [DISTRIBUTION: Florida-Cuba.]. It is not a trace fossil.

    It was recombined as Anomalocardia auberiana by Miller (1983); it was synonymized subjectively with Anomalocardia cuneimeris by Hendy et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Venus cuneimeris Conrad
1853Venus auberiana d'Orbigny p. 277
1983Anomalocardia auberiana Miller
2008Anomalocardia cuneimeris Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
genusAnomalocardiaSchumacher 1817
speciescuneimeris(Conrad 1846)

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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Invalid names: Anomalocardia auberiana d'Orbigny 1853 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:32:52
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:32:52
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Anomalocardia cuneimeris (80307)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Anomalocardia auberiana (61309)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Anomalocardia auberiana (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Anomalocardia auberiana (69034 69038 69040 69084 69085 70010) Anomalocardia cuneimeris (34269 69087 96538)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Anomalocardia auberiana (41935 92776)