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Venericardia (Venericor) ascia

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia ascia was named by Rogers (1839). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Venericardia planicosta by Clark (1895); it was recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) ascia by Gardner and Bowles (1939).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Venericardia ascia Rogers pp. 374-375 figs. pl. 29, fig. 2
1901Venericardia marylandica Clark and Martin p. 179 figs. pl. 40, figs. 7, 7a
1939Venericardia (Venericor) ascia Gardner and Bowles p. 171

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(FĂ©russac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyVenericardiinaeChavan 1969
genusVenericardiaLamarck 1801
subgenusVenericor
speciesascia(Rogers 1839)

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: Venericardia marylandica Clark and Martin 1901 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: shallow infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2018-02-27 11:34:57
Modified: 2018-03-04 20:18:07
Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily
References: Stanley 1970, Eames 1951, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Maryland) Venericardia ascia (81880 99262 99275)