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Calorhadia

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy

Calorhadia was named by Stewart (1930) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 700]. Its type is Leda pharcida.

It was assigned to Nuculanidae by Gardner (1945), Vokes (1980) and Todd (2001); and to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

C. (Calorhadia), C. aequalis (syn. Leda media), C. albirupina, C. bella, C. compsa, C. equalis, C. opulenta, C. reginajacksonis, C. semen

Species lacking formal opinion data

C. aldrichiana, C. diminutia, C. houstonia

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1930	Calorhadia Stewart pp. 51 - 52
1945	Calorhadia Gardner p. 44
1980	Calorhadia Vokes p. 5
2001	Calorhadia Todd
2002	Calorhadia Sepkoski

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

Rank	Name	Author
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Protobranchia	(Pelseneer 1889)
superorder	Nuculaniformii	Carter et al. 2000
order	Nuculanida	(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamily	Nuculanoidea	Adams and Adams 1858
family	Nuculanidae	Adams and Adams 1858
genus	Calorhadia

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.

G. †Calorhadia Stewart 1930

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Subg. †Calorhadia (Calorhadia) Stewart 1930

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†Calorhadia (Calorhadia) pharcida Dall 1898

†Calorhadia aequalis Conrad 1833

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Invalid names: Leda media Lea 1833 [synonym]

†Calorhadia albirupina

†Calorhadia bella

†Calorhadia compsa

†Calorhadia equalis

†Calorhadia opulenta

†Calorhadia reginajacksonis

†Calorhadia semen Lea 1883

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Entire body:

yesf

Adult length:

1.0 to < 10f

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10f

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10f

Thickness:

thinf

Folds:

nonef

Ribbing:

minorf

Spines:

nonef

Internal reinforcement:

nonef

Ontogeny:

accretionf

Environment:

coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

infaunalg

Diet:

deposit feederg

Vision:

blindc

Comments:

LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DU according to Todd (2001).g

Created:

2009-09-09 13:22:44

Modified:

2009-09-09 15:22:44

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 66.00000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (163 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene	66.0 - 61.7	USA (Texas)	C. sp. (84474)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	USA (Texas)	C. sp. (84468)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	USA (Alabama)	C. elongatoidea (2809)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene	61.7 - 55.8	USA (Alabama)	C. aldrichiana (85330 85562)
Selandian	61.6 - 59.2	USA (Texas)	C. diminutia (178129)
Selandian	61.6 - 59.2	USA (Alabama)	C. pharcida (205427 205472) C. sp. (205499)
Selandian - Thanetian	61.6 - 56.0	USA (Alabama)	C. aldrichiana, C. pharcida (80367)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	USA (Texas)	C. diminutia, C. sp. (205455)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	USA (California)	C. sp. (52606)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	USA (Louisiana)	C. aldrichiana (173476)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	USA (Alabama)	C. aldrichiana (85320) C. aldrichiana, C. pharcida (86176 86177 86179 90142) C. pharcida (80495 80761 85322 90141 90439) Yoldia pharcida (90818 92034 92352 98365)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	USA (Alabama)	C. aldrichiana, C. pharcida (89946 90040 90148) C. pharcida (80764 80779 80785 80786 80788 90146 90147 205409) C. sp. (90039 90144) C. sp. A (80791 80792) C. sp., C. pharcida (89873 90038 90145) C. spp., C. aldrichiana, C. pharcida (97454) Yoldia pharcida (92349 92375 98308)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	USA (Georgia)	Yoldia pharcida (98633)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	USA (Texas)	C. bella (89949) C. sp. (84325)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	USA (Mississippi)	C. aldrichiana, C. pharcida (89872 90028 90030) C. aldrichiana, C. sp., C. pharcida (89868) C. pharcida (90029)
Ypresian - Lutetian	56.0 - 41.3	USA (Alabama)	C. sp. (81175 81176 81179 83805 89849 92642 92783)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	USA (Texas)	C. opulenta (1452) C. sp. (205417 205421 205440 205454 205507 205521 205527 205537) C. sp., C. spp. (205503) C. spp. (205506)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	USA (Alabama)	C. bella (1436 1437 1439) C. bella, C. compsa, C. semen (1440) C. bella, C. opulenta (1438) C. bella, C. opulenta, C. semen (1441) C. bella, C. semen (1443) C. equalis, C. opulenta, C. semen (1435) C. semen (1444)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	USA (Louisiana)	C. opulenta (1454 1455)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	USA (Virginia)	C. bella, C. opulenta, C. semen (1445 1446 1447 1448)
Lutetian - Bartonian	47.8 - 38.0	USA (Texas)	C. compsa (2412 41426 41429 41430 41431 41432 41433 41436 41439 41441)
Lutetian - Bartonian	47.8 - 38.0	USA (Alabama)	C. sp. (205490)
Middle Eocene	47.8 - 37.71	USA (Virginia)	Leda semen (60664)
Lutetian - Priabonian	47.8 - 33.9	USA (Mississippi)	C. albirupina (1283 1287 1293) C. albirupina, C. reginajacksonis (1285) C. opulenta (1291)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (Alabama)	C. bella (2416 2421 2422) C. bella, C. equalis (205438) C. semen (205488) C. semenoides (2423) C. semenoides, C. bella (2418 2419 6788) C. seminoides, C. sp., C. bella, C. equalis, C. opulenta (205489) Yoldia bella, Yoldia equalis, Yoldia opulenta, Yoldia semen (90600) Yoldia equalis, Yoldia semen (90469) Yoldia semen (90603)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (Texas)	C. compsa (7437 7438 7439 41427 205412) C. houstonia (205266 205461 205484 205515) C. houstonia, C. bella (205422) C. houstonia, C. sp. (205410 205485 205531) C. houstonia, C. spp. (205480) C. sp. (205430 205433 205481) C. sp., C. spp. (205483) C. spp. (205414 205415) C. spp., C. sp., C. compsa (205267)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (Mississippi)	C. albirupina (205535) Yoldia reginajacksonis (90643 90704 164232)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (Louisiana)	Yoldia bella (92272 92274) Yoldia equalis (98936) Yoldia reginajacksonis (98688) Yoldia semen (44518)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (South Carolina)	C. sp. (5354) Leda aequalis (92492) Leda media, Leda pharcida (92489) Leda semen (92490) Leda semen, Leda media (92487) Yoldia bella, Yoldia semen (92308) Yoldia semen (92355 99085)
Bartonian - Priabonian	41.3 - 33.9	USA (Arkansas)	Yoldia reginajacksonis (91084)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	USA (South Carolina)	C. sp. (5362)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	USA (Mississippi)	Yoldia reginajacksonis (6802)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Trinidad and Tobago	C. solivaga (60399 60634)