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Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) sandiegoensis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Cardita sandiegoensis was named by Hanna (1927). Its type specimen is UCMP 30980 - 30983 (syntypes) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCR loc. 4922, which is in a Lutetian deep subtidal shelf shale in the Ardath Formation of California.

It was recombined as Venericardia sandiegoensis by Stewart (1946); it was recombined as Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) sandiegoensis by Givens and Kennedy (1979), Squires (1987), Moore (1992) and Hendy (2020).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Cardita sandiegoensis Hanna p. 283 figs. Pl. 37, Figs. 1, 2, 8, 9
1946Venericardia sandiegoensis Stewart p. 93
1953Venericardia (Glyptoactis) mcmastersi Verástegui p. 436 figs. Plate 13, figures 2, 3
1979Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) sandiegoensis Givens and Kennedy p. 95
1986Glyptoactis mcmasteri Squires and Advocate p. 852
1987Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) sandiegoensis Squires p. 64 fig. 110
1992Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) sandiegoensis Moore p. E26 figs. Plate 1, figures 15, 19, 21; plate 7, figs. 15, 22
2020Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) sandiegoensis Hendy

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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(Férussac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyVenericardiinaeChavan 1969
genusGlyptoactis()
subgenusClaibornicardiaStenzel and Krause 1957
speciessandiegoensis()

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 (Glyptoactis) mcmastersi Verástegui 1953 [synonym]
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 Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Lutetian or 55.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Glyptoactis mcmasteri (177611) Glyptoactis sandiegoensis (178719) Venericardia sandiegoensis (167604)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (California) Glyptoactis sandiegoensis (111552)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Cardita sandiegoensis (200720)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Clyptoactis sandiegoensis (202093) Glyptoactis sandiegoensis (202070)