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Anomalocardia

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Anomalocardia was named by Schumacher (1817) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 985]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Chione (Anomalocardia) by Verrill (1870) and Parker (1949); it was reranked as Arca (Anomalocardia) by Boettger (1883).

It was assigned to Arca by Boettger (1883); to Chione by Verrill (1870) and Parker (1949); to Venerinae by da Silva Forti (1969); to Chioninae by Vokes (1980), Woodring (1982) and Ward (1992); to Veneridae by Lamprell and Whitehead (1992) and Todd (2001); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Anomalocardia Schumacher p. 44
1853Cryptogramma Morch p. 220
1870Chione (Anomalocardia) Verrill
1883Arca (Anomalocardia) Boettger p. 96 figs. pl. 7, figs. 14-16
1949Chione (Anomalocardia) Parker p. 585
1969Anomalocardia da Silva Forti p. 88
1980Anomalocardia Vokes p. 177
1982Anomalocardia Woodring p. 707
1992Anomalocardia Lamprell and Whitehead p. 126
1992Anomalocardia Ward p. 104
2001Anomalocardia Todd
2002Anomalocardia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
genusAnomalocardiaSchumacher 1817

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. Anomalocardia Schumacher 1817
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Invalid names: Anomalocardia auberiana d'Orbigny 1853 [synonym]
Anomalocardia hendriana Mansfield 1939
Anomalocardia heothina Woodring 1982
Chione (Anomalocardia) latilaminosa Anderson and Martin 1914
Invalid names: Cryptogramma Morch 1853 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-04 16:32:52
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:32:52
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 28.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (87 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama A. heothina (42557 92982)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (California) Chione latilaminosa (37516 37517)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) A. penita (60985 61047 61051 61096 61098 61106 61107 61108 61110 61124 61128)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) A. chipolana (42328 42443)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Chione latilaminosa (206393)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62USA (California) Chione latilaminosa (37532)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Cyprus Arca umbonaria (71882)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina A. enterriana (71547) A. entrerriana (71564)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago A. brasiliana (60412 60414 60416 60417)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia A. scabra (70087 70088 71925) Chione squamosa (84531)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) A. caloosana (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela A. brasiliana (131237)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela (Carabobo) A. brailiana, A. venezuelana (41540)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Australia (Western Australia) A. sp. (63353)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117USA (Florida) A. sp. (79847)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom Cryptogramma sp. (69541)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama A. cuneimeris (80307)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) A. brasiliana, A. auberiana (61309) A. callosa, A. concinna (79336) A. caloosana (41498 41501 41539 41718 69029 79331 79786 79787 79788 79789 80002 80024 80355)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Venezuela A. brasiliana (131267 131268)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Dominican Republic A. flexuosa (75422)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) A. caloosana (41705)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) A. sp. (79835)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) A. auberiana (61310) A. concinna, A. brasiliana (67069) A. sp. (80046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Cryptogramma sp. (75232)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Cryptogramma acrosticoides (103358)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay A. brasiliana (195917 195928 195933)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) A. auberiana (69034 69038 69040 69084 69085 70010) A. aubreyana, A. hendryana (79739) A. caloosana (41740 80001) A. cuneimeris (34269 69087 96538) A. sp. (61311)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Nova Brasilia) A. brasiliana (43706)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China (Guangdong) A. flexuosa (97527)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil A. brasiliana (72116 72120 72121 72122 72123)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) A. auberiana (41935 92776)