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Carditamera arata

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Cypricardia arata was named by Conrad (1832) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Western Atlantic]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cardita (Carditamera) arata by Dall (1903), Anderson (1929), DuBar (1958); it was recombined as Cardita arata by Ward (1993); it was recombined as Carditamera arata by Conrad (1838), Meek (1864), Whitfield (1886), Heilprin (1886), Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Cypricardia arata Conrad p. 20 figs. pl. 5, fig. 1
1838Carditamera arata Conrad p. 579
1864Carditamera arata Meek p. 1414
1886Carditamera arata Heilprin pp. 102, 103
1886Carditamera arata Whitfield p. 585
1903Cardita (Carditamera) arata Dall p. 1413
1929Cardita (Carditamera) arata Anderson p. 160
1958Cardita (Carditamera) arata DuBar p. 164
1993Cardita arata Ward
2008Carditamera arata Hendy et al.

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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
genusCarditameraConrad 1838
speciesarata(Conrad 1832)

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.

†Carditamera arata Conrad 1832
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-07-04 09:39:17
Modified: 2009-07-04 11:39:17
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Todd 2001

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (New Jersey) Cardita arata (59335 59336 59337 59364 59725 92763)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia Cardita arata (88296)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Cardita arata (59330)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Florida) Cardita arata (75015)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Carditamera arata (79248 79249 151326)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cardita arata (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Virginia) Carditamera arata (78265 78266 78272)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (South Carolina) Cardita arata (92412)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Carditamera arata (58895 69086)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Cardita arata (59486 59489) Carditamera arata (69044 80037 80039)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Cardita arata (60944) Carditamera arata (92407)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Cardita arata (41501 41718 79331 80357) Carditamera arata (79786 79787 79788 79789 80024 80025)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Carditamera arata (58897 58898 69043 80033 80034)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Cardita arata (41705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cardita arata (41715) Carditamera arata (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Cardita arata (60927)