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Venericardia (Venericor) samanensis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia planicosta samanensis was named by Olsson (1928). Its type specimen is UCMP 34928, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Venericardia samanensis by Olsson (1928); it was recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) samanensis by Gardner and Bowles (1939), Clark and Durham (1946) and Jung (1974).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Venericardia samanensis Olsson pp. 25-30
1939Venericardia (Venericor) samanensis Gardner and Bowles p. 183
1946Venericardia (Venericor) samanensis Clark and Durham p. 57
1974Venericardia (Venericor) samanensis Jung p. 492

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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(FĂ©russac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyVenericardiinaeChavan 1969
genusVenericardiaLamarck 1801
subgenusVenericor
speciessamanensis(Olsson 1928)

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: 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: Sanchez Roig 1926, Stanley 1970, Eames 1951

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Peru (Piura) Venericardia planicosta (52525) Venericardia samanensis (88361)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) Venericardia samanensis (60088 60089)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Colombia Venericardia planicosta (88280) Venericardia planicosta, Venericardia subrotunda (88278)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia (Sucre) Venericardia samanensis (42825)