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Pteromeris perplana

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Cardita perplana was named by Dall (1903) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene; Western Atlantic]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Venericardia (Pteromeris) perplana by Dall (1902), Dall (1903); it was recombined as Glans (Pteromeris) perplana by Gardner (1943); it was recombined as Cardita (Pteromeris) perplana by DuBar (1958); it was recombined as Pteromeris perplana by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. corbis, P. nodulina, P. tridentata, P. unidentata, P. corbis, P. semen

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1756Cardita perplana Tuomey and Holmes p. 68 figs. pl. 19, fig. 11
1841Cardita perplana Conrad p. 347 figs. pl. 2, fig. 16
1858Cardita perplana Emmons p. 302
1902Venericardia (Pteromeris) perplana Dall p. 705
1903Cardita perplana Dall p. 347 figs. pl. 2, fig. 16
1903Venericardia (Pteromeris) perplana Dall pp. 1434-1435
1943Glans (Pteromeris) perplana Gardner pp. 72-73
1958Cardita (Pteromeris) perplana DuBar p. 164
2008Pteromeris perplana Hendy et al.

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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
genusPteromeris
speciesperplana()

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.

†Pteromeris perplana Dall 1903
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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: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (South Carolina) Venericardia perplana (92413)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Glans perplana (59330)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Pteromeris perplana (79248 79249)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Florida) Venericardia perplana (75016)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Glans perplana (59307 59309 59327) Pteromeris perplana (58893 58895 68979 79341 79342)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Glans perplana (59315 59316 59317 59318) Pteromeris perplana (58897 58898 80033 80034 80035)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Cardita perplana (41501) Pteromeris perplana (61309)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Glans perplana (59313)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Pteromeris perplana (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Venericardia perplana (34269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Cardita perplana (60927) Pteromeris perplana (79956)