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Cyclocardia zuliana

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia zuliana was named by Hodson (1929). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cardita (Venericardia) zuliana by Barrios (1960); it was recombined as Cyclocardia zuliana by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Venericardia zuliana Hodson p. 46 figs. pl, 28, figs. 1, 3, 5, 11
1960Cardita (Venericardia) zuliana Barrios p. 247
2008Cyclocardia zuliana Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(FĂ©russac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
genusCyclocardiaConrad 1867
specieszuliana(Hodson 1929)

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.

Cyclocardia zuliana Hodson 1929
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-07-05 09:36:22
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:22:15
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Todd 2001

Age range: base of the Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 33.90000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Venezuela (Falcon) Venericardia zuliana (61160)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Venericardia zuliana (60673)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Venericardia zuliana (61019 61033)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Zulia) Venericardia zuliana (60627)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Venericardia zuliana (135498)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Venericardia zuliana (131304)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Venericardia zuliana (135504)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Venericardia zuliana (61032 61036 61039 61040 61042)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Cardita zuliana (97692)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Cardita zuliana (133229)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Falcon) Venericardia zuliana (60804)