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Pachycardiidae

Bivalvia - Unionida - Pachycardiidae

Taxonomy
Pachycardiidae was named by Cox (1961).

It was synonymized subjectively with Trigonodidae by Nevesskaja (2009).

It was assigned to Unionacea by Newell (1965); and to Unionoida by Hayami (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Pachycardiidae Cox
1965Pachycardiidae Newell p. 18
1975Pachycardiidae Hayami

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
UniomorphiGray 1854
UnioniGray 1854
UnionataGray 1854
orderUnionida(Stoliczka 1871)
suborderUnionidinaGray 1854
superfamilyUnionoidea(Fleming 1828)
familyPachycardiidaeCox 1961
familyPachycardiidaeCox 1961

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.

Fm. †Pachycardiidae Cox 1961
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G. †Cardinioides Kobayashi and Ichikawa 1952
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Cardinioides fidus Kurushin 1990
Cardinioides japonicus Kobayashi and Ichikawa 1952
Cardinioides josephus Newton et al. 1987
Cardinioides lanesae Damborenea and Lanés 2007
Cardinioides magnus Kobayashi and Hayami 1963
Cardinioides ovatus Hayami 1957
Cardinioides tolli Kurushin 1990
Cardinioides varidus Hayami 1957
Cardinioides voronetsae Kurushin 1992
G. †Guangdongella Li and Li 1980
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Guangdongella exquisita Li and Li 1977
G. †Pachycardia Hauer 1857
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Pachycardia alunulata Kittl 1903
Pachycardia dubiosa De Toni 1913
Pachycardia haueri Wöhrmann and Koken 1892
Pachycardia plieningeri Broili 1904
Pachycardia rugosa Hauer 1857
Pachycardia zittelii Klipstein 1890
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Invalid names: Cardita rugosa Klipstein 1843 [replaced]
G. †Weixiella Guo and Chen 1985
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Weixiella diana Guo and Chen 1985
Weixiella lutensis Hautmann 2001
G. †Weiyuanella Xu 1984
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G. †Yunnanophorus Chen 1976
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Yunnanophorus boulei Patte 1922
G. †Zhifangia Liu 1980
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Zhifangia typica Liu 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:29:05
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:29:05
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Spinatum or 264.28000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (64 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Cardinioides sp. (42097)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation Cardinioides tolli (97051) Cardinioides voronetsae (97052)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Yunnan) Pachycardia dianensis (98484 98485)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Shaanxi) Zhifangia typica (201021)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation Cardinioides fidus (124665 124666 124667 124670 124671 124675)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Bosnia and Herzegovina Pachycardia alunulata (99768)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Italy (Udine) Pachycardia dubiosa (201597)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy Pachycardia rugosa (202041) Pachycardia rugosa, Pachycardia plieningeri (201999 202000 202001 202028 202029 202030 202031 202032 202037 202038 202039 202040)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Russian Federation Cardinioides fidus (44852 97038 97050)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Italy (Trentino) Pachycardia rugosa, Pachycardia plieningeri (44953)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy (South Tyrol) Pachycardia haueri (205157) Pachycardia rugosa (205147)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary (Bakony) Pachycardia sp. (203271)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Slovenia Pachycardia rugosa (85149 205318)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Japan (Fukui) Cardinioides japonicus (39564 40119)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Corbis rugosa, Pachycardia zittelii (144634) Pachycardia haueri (69649) Pachycardia sp. (50954)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy (Lombardy) Pachycardia rugosa (85242 85243) Pachycardia rugosa, Pachycardia plieningeri (85241)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Slovenia Pachycardia rugosa (57101)
Norian228.0 - 208.5China (Yunnan) Yunnanophorus boulei (200974)
Norian228.0 - 208.5China (Guangdong) Guangdongella exquisita (150396)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Nevada) Cardinioides sp. (210693)
Norian228.0 - 208.5China (Qinghai) Yunnanophorus qiaotouensis (200769)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3USA (Nevada) Cardinioides sp. (210696 210700)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Oregon) Cardinioides josephus (33294) Pachycardiidae indet. (36755)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Iran Weixiella lutensis (49323 49324 49325 49328)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Mexico (Sonora) Cardinioides sp. (39203)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Japan (Niigata) Cardinioides ovatus (39974)
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Argentina (Mendoza) Cardinioides lanesae (201506 201507 201508)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Japan (Nagano) Cardinioides varidus (40333)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Germany Cardinioides sp. (159446)