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Venericardia (Venericor) pilsbryi

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy

Venericardia pilsbryi was named by Stewart (1930). Its type specimen is ANSP 12510a, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Venericardia (Leuroactis).

It was recombined as Venericardia (Leuroactis) pilsbryi by Stewart (1930); it was recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) pilsbryi by Gardner and Bowles (1939).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Cardita albasiensis, Cardita squamosissima, V. agriculturae, V. amazoniana, V. awamoensis, V. bisculpta, V. crebrisulcata, V. elegantula, V. forgemoli, V. globosa, V. horni, V. intermedia, V. liasina, V. liasinum, V. millegrana, V. nagaoi, V. okinoshimensis, V. quadriangulata, V. rutoti, V. smillina, V. turneri, V. withlacoochensis, V. monilifera, V. vestitoides, V. leonensis, V. gardnerae, V. guajirensis, V. sabinensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1930	Venericardia (Leuroactis) pilsbryi Stewart pp. 158-160 figs. Plate 9, figs. 4, 5; pl. 10, figs. 1, 2 (hinges)
1939	Venericardia (Venericor) pilsbryi Gardner and Bowles p. 175

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Carditioni	Dall 1889
order	Carditida	(Dall 1889)
superfamily	Crassatelloidea	(Férussac 1822)
family	Carditidae	Fleming 1820
subfamily	Venericardiinae	Chavan 1969
genus	Venericardia	Lamarck 1801
subgenus	Venericor
species	pilsbryi	()

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.

†Venericardia (Venericor) pilsbryi Stewart 1930

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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: Eames 1951, Stanley 1970, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Thanetian or 59.20000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Thanetian	61.6 - 56.0	USA (Alabama)	Venericardia pilsbryi (80367 98380)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	USA (Alabama)	Venericardia pilsbryi (80763 90818 92034 92352 98365 98409)