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Cardita (Cardita)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Cardita (Cardita) Bruguiére
1925Cardita (Cardita) Woodring p. 98
1967Cardita (Cardita) Olsson p. 11
1988Cardita (Cardita) Freneix et al. p. 422
1992Cardita (Cardita) Moore p. 11
2004Cardita (Cardita) Vera-Peláez et al. p. 255

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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
genusCarditaBruguière 1792
subgenusCarditaBruguiére 1792

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. Cardita (Cardita) Bruguiére 1792
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Cardita (Cardita) gabrielensis Clark and Durham 1946
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 37.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (California) Cardita superioris (193039)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia (Bolivar) Cardita gabrielensis (3315)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Aquitaine) Cardita crassa (74865)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Cardita calyculata, Cardita crassa (178108)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Romania Cardita crassa (70056)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria Cardita calyculata (60288)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ecuador (Manabi) Cardita belenensis (60754)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Spain Cardita vindobonensis (69788 69789)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Cardita tkidamarensis (70098)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Malta Cardita calyculata (131977)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Cardita calyculata (70786 70863 70864 70879 70882) Cardita calyculata, Cardita vindobonensis (70887) Cardita vindobonensis (70881)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Cardita vindobonensis (70889)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Cardita seminolensis (79761 79762 79959)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Cardita calyculata (78312)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Livorno) Cardita calyculata (173663)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Cardita calyculata (127581)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain Cardita calyculata (128324 128384)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco Cardita calyculata (127573)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco Cardita calyculata (127592 127599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Azores) Cardita calyculata (128466 128470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Cardita calyculata (76579 127358 127359 127360 128327)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Cardita calyculata (122244)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Cardita calyculata (128328)