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Venericardia (Pleuromeris) parva

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia parva was named by Lea (1833) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cardita parva by d'Orbigny (1850); it was recombined as Venericardia (Pleuromeris) parva by Dall (1903), Palmer and Brann (1965) and Kosnik (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Venericardia parva Lea p. 70 figs. pl. 2, fig. 49
1850Cardita parva d'Orbigny p. 384
1865Venericardia parva Conrad p. 8
1866Venericardia parva Conrad p. 5
1903Venericardia (Pleuromeris) parva Dall p. 1432
1919Venericardia parva Harris p. 88
1965Venericardia (Pleuromeris) parva Palmer and Brann p. 336
2002Venericardia (Pleuromeris) parva Kosnik

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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
genusVenericardiaConrad 1867
subgenusPleuromeris
speciesparva(Lea 1833)

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: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-07-05 09:59:13
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:19:06
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Todd 2001, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Priabonian or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Haiti Cardita parva (61190)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (South Carolina) Pleuromeris parva (52344)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Venericardia parva (1286 1288)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Venericardia parva (5311 5312 5318 5320 5321 5322 5330 5332 5334 5335 81266 81278 90600 98355 205438 205489)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Arkansas) Venericardia parva (99165)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) Venericardia parva (91085)