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Purpurocardia titirangiensis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia titirangiensis was named by Marwick (1943). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Venericardia (Venericardia) titirangiensis by Fleming (1966); it was recombined as Purpurocardia titirangiensis by Beu et al. (1990).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Venericardia martini Marwick p. 465 figs. figs. 52, 53
1943Venericardia titirangiensis Marwick p. 465 figs. figs. 52, 53
1966Venericardia (Venericardia) titirangiensis Fleming p. 156
1990Purpurocardia titirangiensis Beu et al. p. 398

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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
subfamilyVenericardiinaeChavan 1969
genusPurpurocardiaMaxwell 1969
speciestitirangiensis()

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 martini Marwick 1928 [replaced]
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: 2009-10-11 11:03:33
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:03:33
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India Venericardia martini (77658)