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Glyptoactis paraguanensis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia paraguanensis was named by Hodson (1931). Its type specimen is PRI 24145, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cardita paraguanensis by Jung (1965); it was recombined as Glyptoactis paraguanensis by Hendy et al. (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Venericardia paraguanensis Hodson p. 6 figs. pl. 9, figs. 2, 3
1965Cardita paraguanensis Jung p. 445
2015Glyptoactis paraguanensis Hendy et al.

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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
genusGlyptoactis()
speciesparaguanensis(Hodson 1931)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: shallow infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-07-05 09:58:16
Modified: 2018-03-04 20:18:50
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Todd 2001, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Oligocene to the top of the Langhian or 33.90000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Venezuela Glyptoactis paraguanensis (134837)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) Glyptoactis paraguanensis (156334 156356 156361 156748 156751 156753 156754 156796 157336 160800 160814 160815 160816)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Cardita paraguanensis (60144)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Colombia Cardita paraguanensis (106367 106369)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Glyptoactis paraguanensis (136878 136880 136885 136907 136909 156524 156546 156551 157830 157858 158029 158033 158040 158041 160968 160969 160970 161055 161056 161057)