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Carditamera catharia

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Cardita (Carditamera) catharia was named by Dall (1903) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene; Caloosahatchee Fm; Florida]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Carditamera catharia by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Cardita (Carditamera) catharia Dall p. 1416 figs. pl. 56, fig. 1
2008Carditamera catharia Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(FĂ©russac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
genusCarditameraConrad 1838
speciescatharia()

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.

Carditamera catharia Dall 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-07-04 09:39:17
Modified: 2009-07-04 11:39:17
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Todd 2001

Age range: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Cardita catharia (79331)