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Venericardia (Venericor) apodensata

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy

Venericardia (Venericor) apodensata was named by Gardner and Bowles (1939) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Gulf Coast.]. Its type specimen is USNM 369599, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Cardita albasiensis, Cardita squamosissima, V. agriculturae, V. amazoniana, V. awamoensis, V. bisculpta, V. crebrisulcata, V. elegantula, V. forgemoli, V. globosa, V. horni, V. intermedia, V. liasina, V. liasinum, V. millegrana, V. nagaoi, V. okinoshimensis, V. quadriangulata, V. rutoti, V. smillina, V. turneri, V. withlacoochensis, V. monilifera, V. vestitoides, V. leonensis, V. gardnerae, V. guajirensis, V. sabinensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1939	Venericardia (Venericor) apodensata Gardner and Bowles p. 192 figs. pl. 37, fig. 13
1965	Venericardia (Venericor) apodensata Palmer and Brann p. 323

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Carditioni	Dall 1889
order	Carditida	(Dall 1889)
superfamily	Crassatelloidea	(Férussac 1822)
family	Carditidae	Fleming 1820
subfamily	Venericardiinae	Chavan 1969
genus	Venericardia	Lamarck 1801
subgenus	Venericor
species	apodensata

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 (Venericor) apodensata Gardner and Bowles 1939

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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: Stanley 1970, Eames 1951, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (Mississippi)	Venericardia apodensata (90643 92393 98498 98509 98510 99628 99632 99634 99636 99675 164232 178662 205535)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (Louisiana)	Venericardia apodensata (205501)