Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Venericardia (Venericor)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia (Venericor) was named by Stewart (1930) [DISTRIBUTION: Paleocene-Eocene; Europe and North America.]. Its type is Venericardia planicosta.

It was Megacardita (Venericor) by Vokes (1939) and Glibert (1985); it was reranked as Venericor by Vokes (1980) and Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Venericardiinae by Vokes (1980); to Megacardita by Vokes (1939) and Glibert (1985); to Venericardia by Gardner and Bowles (1939), Verástegui (1953), Uozumi (1955), Olsson and Richards (1961), Uliana and Camacho (1975), Adegoke (1977), Moore (1992) and Camacho et al. (2000); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Subtaxa
Venericardia (Venericor) agustoscrobis, Venericardia (Venericor) apodensata, Venericardia (Venericor) aposmithii, Venericardia (Venericor) ascia (syn. Venericardia marylandica), Venericardia (Venericor) bashiplata, Venericardia (Venericor) cacamai, Venericardia (Venericor) claiboplata, Venericardia (Venericor) clavidens, Venericardia (Venericor) claviger, Venericardia (Venericor) cookei, Venericardia (Venericor) densata (syn. Venericardia mooreana), Venericardia (Venericor) diga, Venericardia (Venericor) francescae, Venericardia (Venericor) hatcheplata, Venericardia (Venericor) horatiana, Venericardia (Venericor) jewelli, Venericardia (Venericor) kilmacodes, Venericardia (Venericor) labreansis, Venericardia (Venericor) mediaplata, Venericardia (Venericor) mingoensis, Venericardia (Venericor) nanaplata, Venericardia (Venericor) negritensis, Venericardia (Venericor) nigeriana, Venericardia (Venericor) nipponica, Venericardia (Venericor) pacifica, Venericardia (Venericor) parinensis, Venericardia (Venericor) peruviana, Venericardia (Venericor) pilsbryi, Venericardia (Venericor) potapacoensis, Venericardia (Venericor) regia, Venericardia (Venericor) restinensis, Venericardia (Venericor) samanensis, Venericardia (Venericor) simiana, Venericardia (Venericor) smithii, Venericardia (Venericor) stewarti, Venericardia (Venericor) subnipponica, Venericardia (Venericor) tonosiensis, Venericardia (Venericor) vallecitosensis, Venericardia (Venericor) venturensis, Venericardia (Venericor) zapatai, Venericor brongniartii, Venericor planicosta
Species lacking formal opinion data
Cardita albasiensis, Cardita squamosissima, Venericardia agriculturae, Venericardia amazoniana, Venericardia awamoensis, Venericardia bisculpta, Venericardia crebrisulcata, Venericardia elegantula, Venericardia forgemoli, Venericardia gardnerae, Venericardia globosa, Venericardia guajirensis, Venericardia horni, Venericardia intermedia, Venericardia leonensis, Venericardia liasina, Venericardia liasinum, Venericardia millegrana, Venericardia monilifera, Venericardia nagaoi, Venericardia okinoshimensis, Venericardia quadriangulata, Venericardia rutoti, Venericardia sabinensis, Venericardia smillina, Venericardia turneri, Venericardia vestitoides, Venericardia withlacoochensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Venericardia (Venericor) Stewart p. 153
1939Venericardia (Venericor) Gardner and Bowles p. 168
1939Megacardita (Venericor) Vokes pp. 66, 67
1953Venericardia (Venericor) Verástegui p. 439
1955Venericardia (Venericor) Uozumi p. 76
1961Venericardia (Venericor) Olsson and Richards p. 6
1975Venericardia (Venericor) Uliana and Camacho p. 369
1977Venericardia (Venericor) Adegoke p. 260
1980Venericor Vokes p. 119
1985Megacardita (Venericor) Glibert p. 285
1992Venericardia (Venericor) Moore p. 16
2000Venericardia (Venericor) Camacho et al. p. 68
2002Venericor Sepkoski

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
genusVenericardiaLamarck 1801
subgenusVenericor

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.

Subg. †Venericardia (Venericor) Stewart 1930
show all | hide all
†Venericardia (Venericor) agustoscrobis Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) apodensata Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) aposmithii Gardner and Bowles 1939
+
Invalid names: Venericardia marylandica Clark and Martin 1901 [synonym]
†Venericardia (Venericor) bashiplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) cacamai Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) claiboplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) claviger Gardner and Bowles 1936
†Venericardia (Venericor) cookei Gardner and Bowles 1939
+
†Venericardia (Venericor) densata malinchae Gardner and Bowles 1939
Invalid names: Venericardia mooreana Conrad 1867 [synonym]
†Venericardia (Venericor) diga Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) francescae Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) hatcheplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) kilmacodes Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) mediaplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) mingoensis Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) nanaplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) nanaplata nanna Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) potapacoensis Clark and Martin 1901
†Venericardia (Venericor) stewarti Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) zapatai Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericor brongniartii Sowerby 1850
†Venericor planicosta Lamarck 1801
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height532.925.841.235.05.91

Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: shallow infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2018-02-27 11:34:57
Modified: 2018-03-04 20:18:07
Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily
References: Eames 1951, Stanley 1970, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 72.10000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (471 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Algeria Venericor barroneti (1344)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Libya Venericor barroneti (1370)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Tunisia Venericor barroneti (1365)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7Mexico (Coahuila) Venericardia francescae (42470 42471)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Illinois) Venericardia mediaplata, Venericardia smithii (70129)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Tennessee) Venericardia hijuana (91770)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Mississippi) Venericardia francescae (98524) Venericardia mediaplata (91730)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Venericardia jewelli (91822 99000 108730) Venericardia jewelli, Venericardia smithii (98997) Venericardia mediaplata, Venericardia smithii (92222) Venericardia smithi (99010) Venericardia smithii (91802 91803 91811 91812 91819 91820 91821 91832 92245 92246 98701 98820 98861 98880 108733 108734 108735)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Colombia (Guajira) Venericardia sp. (99141)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Venericor planicosta (22931)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Peru (Piura) Venericardia planicosta (52523)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia (Sucre) Venericardia samanensis (42825)
Late/Upper Eocene - Middle Miocene37.2 - 11.608Argentina (Rio Negro) Venericardia sp. (43721)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Argentina Venericardia sp. (71598 71600)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Japan Venericardia subnipponica (70764 70765 70766 70767 70768 70769 70774 70775 70776 70777 70779 70780 70781 70783 70810 70894 70895 70896 70897)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Japan Venericardia subnipponica (81199)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Japan (Yamaguchi) Venericardia subnipponica (51449)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru Venericardia clavidens (93757)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina Venericor sp. (71428)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Argentina (Rio Negro) Venericardia sp. (43722)