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Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia clarki was named by Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer (1922). Its type specimen is UW 169, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki by Verástegui (1953), Moore (1992), Hendy (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cardita albasiensis, Cardita partschi, Cardita squamosissima, Cardita subminuta, V. acuticosta, V. aegyptiaca, V. agriculturae, V. ajar, V. amazoniana, V. ampla, V. angolae, V. aposmithi, V. awamoaensis, V. awamoensis, V. basteroti, V. bericorum, V. bilineata, V. bisculpta, V. bonneti, V. brittoni, V. burmeisteri, V. christei, V. ciplyensis, V. claiboplata, V. collazica, V. compacta, V. corpusculum, V. crebricostata, V. crebrisulcata, V. densecostata, V. deserti, V. domgeri, V. domingensis, V. dua, V. duponti, V. elegantula, V. eutawcolens, V. forgemoli, V. gippslandica, V. gliberti, V. globosa, V. granulicostata, V. heinzelini, V. heroyi, V. hollandi, V. horni, V. hornii, V. hortensis, V. houzeaui, V. iheringi, V. iheringi, V. imbricatoides, V. intermedia, V. islahispaniolae, V. janjukensis, V. janjukiensis, V. junctinova, V. lamyi, V. liasina, V. liasinum, V. libyca, V. lineolata, V. linoi, V. mandarica, V. maris, V. millegrana, V. nagaoi, V. nanaplata, V. oblonga, V. ocalaedes, V. okinoshimensis, V. oligopleura, V. olssoni, V. pectuncularis, V. perantiqua, V. perezi, V. perplana, V. perumbonata, V. phyletica, V. planicostata, V. prolongata, V. pseudowilmotti, V. quadriangulata, V. quassi, V. quirosana, V. quirosana, V. rabelli, V. roedeli, V. roncana, V. ronchetti, V. rutoti, V. santonensis, V. scabriocstata, V. serricosta, V. serrulata, V. smillina, V. solitaria, V. sowerbyi, V. spinulosa, V. squamulosa, V. straeleni, V. subcompacta, V. subcomplanata, V. subelegans, V. suboompacta, V. subquadrata, V. subrotunda, V. suessi, V. teneidensis, V. texalana, V. tjuschevkensis, V. trapezoidalis, V. turneri, V. uvaldana, V. valmondoisiensis, V. vasta, V. vaughani, V. vigintinaria, V. vredenburgi, V. wegeneri, V. withlacoochensis, V. zuliana, V. zuliana, V. monilifera, V. rufa, V. sillimani, V. nortensis, V. vestitoides, V. dufrenoyi, V. sindensis, V. viquesneli, V. hesperide, V. ferruginosa, V. hornii, V. aposcitula, V. conradiana, V. leonensis, V. perplana, V. tridentata, V. perplana, V. leonensis, V. eutawcolens, V. latissima, V. petraea, V. rotunda, V. rotunda, V. aposmithi, V. augustoscrobis, V. elongata, V. gardnerae, V. guajirensis, V. hijuana, V. klimacodes, V. sabinensis, V. smithi, V. turneri

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Venericardia clarki Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer p. 19 figs. pl. 9, figs. 4, 5; pl. 10, fig. 8
1925Venericardia clarki Hanna p. 287 figs. Plate 36, figures 3 and 8; plate 43, figures 1 and 2; plate 44, figures 1 and 2
1953Venericardia (Pacificor) weaveri Verástegui p. 425 figs. Plate 21, figures 3,4
1953Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki Verástegui p. 426 figs. Plate 20, figures 1-6
1992Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki Moore p. E22
2020Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki Hendy

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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(Férussac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyVenericardiinaeChavan 1969
genusVenericardiaLamarck 1801
subgenusPacificor
speciesclarki()

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.

Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922
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Invalid names: Venericardia (Pacificor) weaveri Verástegui 1953 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Washington) Venericardia weaveri (43346)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Venericardia clarki (191188)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Alaska) Venericardia clarki (44069 44070)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Venericardia clarki (52204 52207 203164 207129)