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Carditamera

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Carditamera Conrad p. 11
1903Cardita (Carditamera) Dall p. 1412
1925Cardita (Carditamera) Oldroyd p. 4
1957Cardita (Carditamera) Rivera p. 193
1958Cardita (Carditamera) DuBar p. 164
1967Carditamera Olsson p. 11
1969Carditamera Cox et al. p. N551
1969Carditamera da Silva Forti p. 78
1982Carditamera Woodring p. 627
1987Carditamera Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
2002Byssomera Sepkoski
2002Carditamera Sepkoski
2010Carditamera Bouchet 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
genusCarditameraConrad 1838

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. Carditamera Conrad 1838
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Carditamera aculeata Conrad 1863
Carditamera affinis Sowerby 1823
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Invalid names: Cardita californica Deshayes 1854 [synonym], Cardita volucris Reeve 1843 [synonym]
Carditamera arata Conrad 1832
Carditamera aspera Lamarck 1805
Carditamera catharia Dall 1903
Carditamera matima Olsson 1922
Carditamera plata Ihering 1907
Carditamera radiata Sowerby 1833
Carditamera tegea Dall 1903
Carditamera vaughani Dall 1903
Carditamera virginiae Maury 1912
Carditamera williamsi Dockery 1997
Invalid names: Byssomera [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindsuperf
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IA, SE/MA, BA, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-07-04 09:39:17
Modified: 2009-07-04 11:39:17
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Todd 2001, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Holocene or 208.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 201.3 Ma

Collections (155 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Italy Cardita aspera (204921)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Italy (Lombardy) Cardita aspera (38083)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Peru (Ica) Cardita newelli (84676 84699)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Cardita aspera (3494)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Peru (Piura) Cardita indet. (55431)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Peru (Ica) Cardita newelli (100331)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Peru Cardita newelli (98346 206255)
Priabonian - Rupelian38.0 - 28.1Peru Cardita newelli (206259)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Peru Cardita newelli (41616)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Peru Cardita newelli (41622)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Trinidad and Tobago Cardita virginiae (80169)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Cardita anclotensis (61070) Cardita tegea (60985 61051)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama C. tegea (42608 42631)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Cardita arata (59335 59336 59337 59364 59725 92763)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India C. sp. (78641)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) C. aculeata (18579)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Georgia) Cardita apotegea (42069 42109 42212)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Cardita apotegea (41760 42225 42250 42281 42290 42328 42365 42367 42443) C. defuniak (68971)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic C. sp. (74963)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria C. hippopea, C. striatella (60288)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Cardita defuniak (43023 43024 43046 43048 94810) C. defuniak (111204)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) C. sp. (145196)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Cardita arata (88296)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago C. sp. (60406)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago C. affinis (60410 60644 60649) C. affinis, C. sp. (60659) C. guppyi (60412 60413 60414 60415 60416 60417)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) C. sp. (135839)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Cardita gracilis (41543 41545)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Cardita arata (59330)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Cardita matima (134673)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) Cardita arata (75015) Cardita sp. (75010 75016 75019)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) C. arata (79248 79249 151326)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cardita arata (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Cardita arata (59484 59486 59491) Cardita arata, Cardita vaughani (59489) Cardita vaughani (59487) C. arata (69044 80037 80039) C. dasytes (79761 79959)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) C. arata (58895 69086) C. sp. (69018)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela C. gracilis (131210 131237)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (South Carolina) Cardita arata (92412)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) C. arata (78265 78266 78272)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117USA (Florida) C. sp. (79847)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Cardita arata (60944) Cardita sp. (92408) C. arata (92407)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Cardita arata (80357) Cardita arata, Cardita catharia (79331) Cardita floridana (75001 80002) Cardita floridana, Cardita arata (41501 41718) Cardita sp. (41205 41206) C. arata (79786 79787 79788 79789 80024 80025) C. floridana (61309 69029)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Venezuela (Sucre) Cardita gracilis (41556)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Ecuador (Manabi) C. sp., C. radiata (48664)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) C. arata (58897 58898 69043 80034) C. columbiana (59316) C. sp., C. arata (80033)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781USA (Florida) Cardita floridana, Cardita arata (41705)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) C. floridana (20400)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (Florida) Cardita floridana (67069) C. floridana (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Glans affinis (89597)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Cardita arata (60927) Cardita floridana (66760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Cardita affinis (44963) Glans affinis (96557 96558 96559 96561 96562 96563)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Brazil C. plata (72129)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cardita arata (41715) Cardita floridana (34269 80001) C. arata, C. floridana (96538) C. floridana (61311 69034 69038 69040 69084 69085 69087 80027)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Mexico Cardita affinis, Glans affinis (147802) Glans affinis (96870)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Cardita floridana (66749 66752)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Panama (Panama) C. affinis (160394)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil C. plata (72116 72121 72122)