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Petricola (Petricola) carditoides

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Saxicava carditoides was named by Conrad (1837). It is extant.

It was recombined as Petricola carditoides by Woodring and Bramlette (1950) and Addicott (1966); it was recombined as Petricola (Rupellaria) carditoides by Hertlein and Grant (1972); it was recombined as Petricola (Petricola) carditoides by Coan et al. (2000) and Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Saxicava carditoides Conrad p. 255
1855Petricola pedroana Conrad pp. 13 14 figs. pl. ii, fig. 23
1855Saxicava abrupta Conrad p. 13 figs. pi. ii, fig. 25 and 25
1894Cypricardia pedroana Cooper
1950Petricola carditoides Woodring and Bramlette
1966Petricola carditoides Addicott
1972Petricola (Rupellaria) carditoides Hertlein and Grant p. 283 figs. Plate 44, Figures 15, 16
2000Petricola (Petricola) carditoides Coan et al. p. 390
2021Petricola (Petricola) carditoides Hendy

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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
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMeretricinaeGray 1847
tribeMeretriciniGray 1847
familyPetricolina(Deshayes 1839)
genusPetricolaLamarck 1801
subgenusPetricolaLamarck 1801
speciescarditoides(Conrad 1837)

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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Invalid names: Petricola pedroana Conrad 1855 [synonym], Saxicava abrupta Conrad 1855 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: boringg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:31:33
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:31:33
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Petricola carditoides (194664)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Petricola carditoides (238607)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Petricola carditoides (122752)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Petricola carditoides (189765 207762)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Petricola carditoides (201624 237604)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Petricola carditoides (96592 96593 96594)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Petricola carditoides (37933 37937 37940 37943 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Petricola carditoides (138723 222663 222998)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Petricola carditoides (223009) Petricola carditoides, Cypricardia pedroana (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Petricola carditoides (52347 67613 67641 67642 67643)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Petricola carditoides (37673 37674 59063 96895 222659 222660 222661 222662) Saxicava abrupta, Petricola pedroana (222650)