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Hippocampocardia barbarensis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia barbarensis was named by Stearns (1890) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Recent; California]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Cardita barbarensis by Grant and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Cyclocardia barbarensis by Woodring (1946) and Coan (1977); it was recombined as Cyclocardia (Cyclocardia) barbarensis by Moore (1992) and Coan et al. (2000); it was recombined as Hippocampocardia barbarensis by Pérez and Giachetti (2020), Hendy (2020) and Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Venericardia barbarensis Stearns p. 214 figs. pl. 16, figs, 3, 4
1903Venericardia barbarensis Arnold p. 128
1924Venericardia barbarensis Oldroyd pp. 111-112
1931Cardita barbarensis Grant and Gale p. 274
1946Cyclocardia barbarensis Woodring pp. 82-83
1977Cyclocardia barbarensis Coan pp. 376-377
1992Cyclocardia (Cyclocardia) barbarensis Moore p. 15
2000Cyclocardia (Cyclocardia) barbarensis Coan et al. p. 301
2020Hippocampocardia barbarensis Hendy
2020Hippocampocardia barbarensis Pérez and Giachetti
2021Hippocampocardia barbarensis Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
genusHippocampocardiaPérez and Giachetti 2020
speciesbarbarensis(Stearns 1890)

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 mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-08-17 20:23:42
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:23:42
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Eames 1951

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Cardita barbarensis (200403)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (California) Venericardia barbarensis (217009)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Cardita barbarensis (202634 202636 202638) Cyclocardia barbarensis (202972 202986 202987) Venericardia barbarensis (222663 222665 222666 222978 222993 222995)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Venericardia barbarensis (222660 222662)