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Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) latissima

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy

Cardita latissima was named by Tate (1886).

It was recombined as Glans latissima by Darragh (1970); it was recombined as Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) latissima by Darragh and Kendrick (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Fasciculicardia inaequalis, G. chavani, G. corpulenta, G. crenaea, G. eoa, G. feruglioi, G. paleopatagonica, G. philippinensis, G. quirosana, G. ameliae, G. beaumonti, G. blandingi, G. complexicosta, G. sillimani, G. allophyla, G. quirosana, G. zuliana, Venericardia dufrenoyi, Venericardia sindensis, Venericardia viquesneli

Synonyms

Cardium arcaeformis was named by Chapman and Crespin (1934) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Volcano (Pilot Mountains), which is in a Lacian marine limestone in the Luning Formation of Nevada.

It was recombined as Glans arcaeformis by Darragh (1970); it was synonymized subjectively with Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) latissima by Darragh and Kendrick (2008).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1886	Cardita latissima Tate p. 153 figs. pl. 2, fig. 5
1934	Cardium arcaeformis Chapman and Crespin p. 121 figs. pl. 11, figs. 25-27
1970	Glans arcaeformis Darragh p. 131
1970	Glans latissima Darragh p. 140
2008	Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) latissima Darragh and Kendrick p. 226 fig. 1.5

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Carditioni	Dall 1889
order	Carditida	(Dall 1889)
superfamily	Crassatelloidea	(Férussac 1822)
family	Carditidae	Fleming 1820
subfamily	Venericardiinae	Chavan 1969
genus	Glyptoactis	()
subgenus	Fasciculicardia	Maxwell 1969
species	latissima	()

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.

†Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) latissima Tate 1886

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Invalid names: Cardium arcaeformis Chapman and Crespin 1934 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitesuperf

Environment:

marinesuperf

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

shallow infaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindsuperf

Created:

2009-07-05 09:58:16

Modified:

2018-03-04 20:18:50

Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily

References: Todd 2001, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Lacian to the top of the Priabonian or 227.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Lacian	227.3 - 215.38	USA (Nevada)	Cardium arcaeformis (33202)
Bartonian - Priabonian	41.03 - 33.9	Australia (Western Australia)	Glyptoactis latissima (179825)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Australia (South Australia)	Cardita latissima (71407)