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Purpurocardia purpurata
Taxonomy
Cardita purpurata was named by Deshayes (1854) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene (Opoitian)-Recent; New Zealand]. It is extant. It is the type species of Purpurocardia.
It was recombined as Venericardia (Venericardia) purpurata by Fleming (1966); it was recombined as Purpurocardia purpurata by Maxwell (1969) and Beu et al. (1990).
It was recombined as Venericardia (Venericardia) purpurata by Fleming (1966); it was recombined as Purpurocardia purpurata by Maxwell (1969) and Beu et al. (1990).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1854 | Cardita purpurata Deshayes p. 100 |
| 1854 | Cardita difficilis Deshayes p. 103 |
| 1966 | Venericardia (Venericardia) purpurata Fleming p. 24 |
| 1969 | Purpurocardia purpurata Maxwell |
| 1990 | Purpurocardia purpurata Beu et al. p. 281 |
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Purpurocardia purpurata Deshayes 1854
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Invalid names: Cardita difficilis Deshayes 1854 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Sanchez Roig 1926 | |||||
Age range: base of the Kapitean to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 6.50000 to 0.12900 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kapitean | New Zealand | Venericardia purpurata (180103) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | New Zealand (Wellington) | Purpurocardia purpurata (94818) |