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Venericardia (Cyclocardia) ferruginea

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Cardita ferruginea was named by Clessin (1888) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; North Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Venericardia (Cyclocardia) ferruginea by Nomura and Hatai (1935) and Ogasawara (1977).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cardita ezoensis, Cardita nuwokensis, Cardita steinekei, Cardita subcrassidens, Cardita subnipponica, Cardita albasiensis, Cardita partschi, Cardita squamosissima, Cardita subminuta, Cyclocardia amaninensis, Cyclocardia antiqua, Cyclocardia astartoides, Cyclocardia awamoensis, Cyclocardia belogolovensis, Cyclocardia beringiana, Cyclocardia compressum, Cyclocardia denudata, Cyclocardia elliptica, Cyclocardia eoensis, Cyclocardia erimoensis, Cyclocardia expansa, Cyclocardia ezoensis, Cyclocardia ferrugianea, Cyclocardia fujinaensis, Cyclocardia gackhensis, Cyclocardia gamali, Cyclocardia grossecostata, Cyclocardia hamiltonensis, Cyclocardia ilpinensis, Cyclocardia isaotakii, Cyclocardia kickxi, Cyclocardia kieli, Cyclocardia kovatschensis, Cyclocardia laxata, Cyclocardia longini, Cyclocardia lutosa, Cyclocardia magica, Cyclocardia myogadaniensis, Cyclocardia nairoensis, Cyclocardia ochotica, Cyclocardia omaliana, Cyclocardia orbica, Cyclocardia orbicularis, Cyclocardia orientalis, Cyclocardia ottonis, Cyclocardia ovata, Cyclocardia ovraensis, Cyclocardia penzhensis, Cyclocardia pilvoensis, Cyclocardia pliocenica, Cyclocardia pornaiensis, Cyclocardia poronaiensis, Cyclocardia posneri, Cyclocardia praeruptensis, Cyclocardia rafensis, Cyclocardia rjabininae, Cyclocardia roundiformis, Cyclocardia sakamotoi, Cyclocardia scalaris, Cyclocardia siogamensis, Cyclocardia subnipponica, Cyclocardia takedai, Cyclocardia tokudai, Cyclocardia tuberculata, Cyclocardia tumiensis, Cyclocardia veniaminovi, Cyclocardia wajampolkensis, Cyclocardia yakatagensis, Cyclocardia hindmarshensis, Cyclocardia peridonea, Cyclocardia depressa, Cyclocardia grossecostata, Cyclocardia grossecostata, Cyclocardia kickxi, Cyclocardia orbicularis, Cyclocardia scalaris, Cyclocardia subcompacta, 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. clarki, 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, Venericaridia chirstiei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Cardita ferruginea Clessin
1935Venericardia (Cyclocardia) ferruginea Nomura and Hatai
1977Venericardia (Cyclocardia) ferruginea Ogasawara p. 107

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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
genusVenericardiaConrad 1867
subgenusCyclocardia
speciesferruginea(Clessin 1888)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-07-05 09:36:22
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:22:15
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Todd 2001, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Fukushima) Venericardia ferruginea (62295)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan Cyclocardia ferruginea (97079)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan (Yamaguchi) Cyclocardia ferruginea (62299)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Venericardia ferruginea (190675)