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Carditesinae

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Carditesinae Chavan
1980Carditesinae Vokes p. 119
1984Carditesinae Squires p. 45
1987Carditesinae Squires p. 63
1988Carditesinae Freneix et al. p. 425
1992Carditesinae Moore p. 26
2006Carditesinae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 231
2010Carditesinae Bouchet et al.
2011Carditesinae Carter et al. p. 14

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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
subfamilyCarditesinaeChavan 1969
subfamilyCarditesinaeChavan 1969

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.

Subfm. Carditesinae Chavan 1969
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G. †Paraglans Chavan 1941
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†Paraglans calcitrapoides Lamarck 1805
G. †Pseudocardia Conrad 1866
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Invalid names: Vetericardia Conrad 1868 [synonym]
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: Eames 1951, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Bartonian or 125.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (121 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) Pseudocardia sp.nov. (1778)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) Pseudocardia tenuicosta (1783 1861 1862)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) Vetericardia subangulata, Vetericardia gregaria, Vetericardia subcircula (88357)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina Baluchicardia sp. (1347)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Oman Baluchicardia beaumonti (1381)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Niger Baluchicardia sp. (47111)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Libya Baluchicardia ameliae, Baluchicardia beaumonti, Baluchicardia briolii, Baluchicardia desioi, Baluchicardia gebelica, Baluchicardia giofrensis, Baluchicardia turirinensis (1370) Baluchicardia beaumonti (1364)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mozambique Baluchicardia ameliae, Baluchicardia bonificae (1382) Baluchicardia sp. (1376)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Niger (Tahoua) Baluchicardia sp. (47112 47115)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0France (Normandy) Baluchicardia sp. (1325)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Egypt Baluchicardia beaumonti, Baluchicardia teirensis (1363)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Tunisia Baluchicardia ameliae (1365)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jordan Baluchicardia beaumonti (1358)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Senegal Baluchicardia ameliae (1366)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Cameroon Baluchicardia ameliae (1367)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Brazil Baluchicardia linoi, Baluchicardia maris-australis (1360)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Angola Baluchicardia ameliae (1369)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Nigeria Baluchicardia ameliae (1329)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Morocco Baluchicardia ameliae (1359)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Iran Baluchicardia beaumonti (1383)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Saudi Arabia Baluchicardia sp. (1335)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Pakistan (Baluchistan) Baluchicardia beaumonti (1384)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Texas) Venericardia bulla (86430)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Colombia (Guajira) Baluchicardia sp., Baluchicardia nuriae, Baluchicardia obliquata (99141)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Illinois) Venericardia wilcoxensis (70129)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Venericardia wilcoxensis (2849 2858 2859 2861 2862 2863 2864 2867)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Baluchicardia eoplata (205466) Glyptoactis moa (91791 91800 91823 99000 99005 108737 108738 108739) Venericardia bulla (5595 5597 5598 5599 5600 5601 5602 84467 92224) Venericardia bulla, Venericardia wilcoxensis (85315) Venericardia hesperia (99015 99054) Venericardia hesperia, Glyptoactis moa (92222 99004) Venericardia hesperia, Venericardia whitei (92245 99055) Venericardia moa (5585 5586 5587 91826)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Texas) Venericardia bulla (98704 98711 98733 98734 98735)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Venericardia wilcoxensis (35081 90611 91851)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 58.7USA (Texas) Venericardia bulla (86188 86270 86293 86294 86308 86310 86389 86400 86421 86432 86433 86436 86441) Venericardia bulla, Venericardia wilcoxensis (86307) Venericardia hesperia (86469) Venericardia wilcoxensis (86328)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Venericardia wilcoxensis (2920 2921 2923 2926)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Venericardia wilcoxensis (2915 2916 2917 2918 2919 84469 86182 89867 90606 90608 205452 205499)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Colombia Baluchicardia sp., Baluchicardia nuriae, Baluchicardia obliquata (180400)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Texas) Baluchicardia wilcoxensis (178129)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Venericardia greggiana (80495 80672 86176 86179 90141 90818 98365 98409)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Mississippi) Venericardia greggiana (100148)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Egypt (Quseir) Paraglans aegyptiaca (3298)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Cardita calcitrapoides (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Venericardia calcitrapoides (78567)