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Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) davidsoni

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Cardita (Venericardia) davidsoni was named by Deshayes (1858) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Venericardia davidsoni by Cossmann and Pissarro (1904); it was recombined as Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) davidsoni by Le Renard (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Cardita (Venericardia) davidsoni Deshayes p. 764
1904Venericardia davidsoni Cossmann and Pissarro
1993Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) davidsoni Le Renard

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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(FĂ©russac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
genusCyclocardiaConrad 1867
subgenusArcturellina(Chavan 1951)
speciesdavidsoni(Deshayes 1858)

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 Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2United Kingdom (England) Venericardia davidsoni (3265)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Venericardia davidsoni (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Venericardia davidsoni (42636 42639 42644)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Venericardia davidsoni (42640 42658 42662)