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Anomalocardia brasiliana

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus brasiliana was named by Gmelin (1792) [DISTRIBUTION: Holocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Anomalocardia brasiliana by da Silva Forti (1969) and Rosenberg (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Venus brasiliana Gmelin p. 3289
1969Anomalocardia brasiliana da Silva Forti p. 88
2005Anomalocardia brasiliana Rosenberg

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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
speciesbrasiliana(Gmelin 1792)

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: 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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Anomalocardia brasiliana (60412 60414 60416 60417)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Anomalocardia brasiliana (131237)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Anomalocardia brasiliana (61309)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Anomalocardia flexuosa (75422)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Venezuela Anomalocardia brasiliana (131267 131268)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (Florida) Anomalocardia brasiliana (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Uruguay Anomalocardia brasiliana (195917 195928 195933)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Nova Brasilia) Anomalocardia brasiliana (43706)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Anomalocardia brasiliana (72116 72120 72121 72122 72123)