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Cardites crassicostata

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Cardita crassicostata was named by Sowerby (1825). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cardita (Cardites) crassicostata by Keen (1971); it was recombined as Cardites crassicostata by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. edulinum, C. partschi, C. pinnula, C. taurelongatus, Venericardia rufa

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Cardita crassicostata Sowerby
1832Cardita cuvieri Broderip
1964Cardita (Cardita) cuvieri Olsson p. 44
1967Cardita (Cardita) cuvieri Olsson p. 9
1971Cardita (Cardites) crassicostata Keen p. 107
1973Venericardia cuvieri Kern
2012Cardites crassicostata Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 379

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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
subfamilyCarditinaeFleming 1820
genusCarditesLink 1807
speciescrassicostata(Sowerby 1825)

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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Invalid names: Cardita cuvieri Broderip 1832 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-07-04 09:41:27
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:21:52
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Todd 2001, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Cardita crassicostata (135043)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) Cardita cuvieri (60772)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Ecuador Venericardia cuvieri (97639)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Cardita cuvieri (96870)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Cardita crassicostata (89597)