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Cypricardella

Bivalvia - Cardiida

Taxonomy
Cypricardella was named by Hall (1856) [Sepkoski's age data: D Gedi C Step].

It was reranked as Microdon (Cypricardella) by Whitfield (1882).

It was assigned to Microdon by Whitfield (1882); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002) and Amler (2004); and to Crassatellinae by Vokes (1980) and Machado et al. (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Microdon Conrad
1856Cypricardella Hall
1881Microdonella Oehlert
1882Microdon (Cypricardella) Whitfield
1980Cypricardella Vokes p. 124
2002Cypricardella Sepkoski
2004Cypricardella Amler
2021Cypricardella Machado et al. p. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
genusCypricardella

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. †Cypricardella Hall 1856
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†Cypricardella subalata Girty 1910
†Cypricardella tenuistriata Hall and Whitfield 1869
Invalid names: Microdon Conrad 1842 [replaced], Microdonella Oehlert 1881 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height123.0

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 12:26:58
Modified: 2004-02-28 14:26:58
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ashgill to the top of the Guadalupian or 449.50000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (181 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (GuangXi) C. sp. (4672)
Wenlock - Pridoli433.4 - 419.2Argentina C. sp. (25058)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8China (Guangxi) C. sp. (3998 3999 4002 4005 4007)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Canada (New Brunswick) C. sp. (593)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (Victoria) C. sp. (8503 8508) C. sp. A (75698) C. sp. B (75683)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Germany (Eifel) Cypricardella indet. (24633)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Germany C. sp. (26904)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Germany (Hessen) C. sp. (38349)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Brazil (Parana) C. sp. (37082)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Germany (Eifel) Cypricardella indet. (24695)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9United Kingdom (England) C. rhomboidalis (38393)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Luxembourg C. sp. indet. (232220 233203)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Brazil (Para) C. sp. (37137)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (New York) C. sp. (9613 9615)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Venezuela C. sp. (35899)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany C. inflata (60466)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7China (Guangxi) C. sp. (25817)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7USA (New York) C. complana, C. tenuistriata (54379) C. tenuistriata (54442)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Alaska) C. sp. (111962)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (New York) C. complanata (91239) C. complanata, C. tenuistriata (91246) C. tenuistriata (91244)
Eifelian - Frasnian393.3 - 372.2Brazil C. olivieria (37073)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Maryland) C. tenuistriata (54571)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) C. crassa (9356) C. gregaria (86268 86336 86339 86386 86643 86645 89878 89953 89962 89966 96342 96363 96379 96387 111422 111467) C. gregaria, C. complanatus (89964 89967) C. sp. (5668 8793 8829 8831 8924 8932 8968 8969 8971 9357 9369 10107 10108 74995 96209 96210 96211 96212 96213) C. tenuistriatus (89876 89877 89902 89911 89912 89915 89921 89923 89924 89929 89930 89942 111330 111332 111343 111443 111469 111471)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Pennsylvania) C. sp. (627) C. tenuistriata (9899 54570)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2USA (New York) C. gregaria (54562 54563 54564 54565)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4USA (New York) C. sp. (65400 65695)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (New York) C. gregaria (10208 10213 10218 10222 10228 10237 10294 10325 10326 10327 10328 10330 10335 10336 10337 10383 10384 10387 10388 10394 10395 10398 10402 10404 10407 10409 10411 10424) C. gregaria, C. marylandica (10324) C. laroquei (10221) C. sp. (3798 3800 3804 3806 3810 10332 10381 65697 65698)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (Missouri) C. gregaria (54559) C. sp. (3947 54372)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (Maryland) C. crassa (54557) C. cumberlandiae (54558) C. gregaria (54560 54561 154360) C. nitidula (54566 54567) C. tenuistriata (54568 54569 154838)
Frasnian - Famennian382.7 - 358.9USA (Virginia) C. sp. (635 665)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1USA (Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia) C. sp. (5927)
Late/Upper Frasnian - Early/Lower Famennian379.5 - 370.6USA (Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia) C. sp. (5926)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (38422 38434)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Alaska) C. sp. (112177)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Arkansas) C. subalata (67201 76130)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Nevada) C. connata, C. striata (62674)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5Canada (Alberta) C. subelliptica (62396)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) C. concentrica, C. rectangularis (162351)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9USA (Alabama) C. sp. (6789 6805)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Iowa) C. sp. (3294)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (West Virginia) C. sp. (92956 92970)
Chesterian - Alportian335.5 - 321.8USA (Wyoming) C. sp. (5686)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0United Kingdom (England) C. rectangularis (162352)
Late/Upper Mississippian330.9 - 323.2USA (Alaska) C. sp. (112183)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Montana) C. sp. (5641)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (West Virginia) C. sp. (56142)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Oklahoma) C. enigmatica (5611)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7United Kingdom (England) C. concentrica (8428) C. concentrica, C. rectangularis (162360 162361)
Alportian322.8 - 321.8United Kingdom (England) C. rectangularis (162353)
Artinskian - Guadalupian290.1 - 259.51Indonesia (Timor) C. amarassiensis (205601)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Russian Federation C. petschorica (110010)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan C. trapezoidalis (126266)