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Venericardia nodifera

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia nodifera was named by Kellum (1926) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; North Carolina.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS 10655 (John Gilette Farm), Silverdale, Trent marl, Onslow Co., NC, which is in a Miocene marine marl/sandstone in the Trent Formation of North Carolina.

It was recombined as Glyptoactis nodifera by Ward (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Venericardia nodifera Kellum pp. 36-37 figs. pl. 9, figs. 1-3
1943Venericardia nodifera Richards p. 520
1992Glyptoactis nodifera Ward p. 82
2008Venericardia nodifera Hendy et al.

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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
speciesnodifera

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.

Venericardia nodifera Kellum 1926
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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: Eames 1951, Sanchez Roig 1926, Stanley 1970

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Aquitanian or 27.30000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (North Carolina) Venericardia nodifera (71651 71652)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (Florida) Venericardia nodifera (60985 61072 61073 61074)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (North Carolina) Venericardia nodifera (type locality: 41987)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (Florida) Venericardia nodifera (79773 79776)