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Crassicardia crassidens

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Astarte crassidens was named by Broderip and Sowerby (1829). It is extant. It is the type species of Crassicardia.

It was recombined as Cardita (Cyclocardia) crassidens by MacNeil (1957); it was recombined as Cyclocardia crassidens by Allison (1973); it was recombined as Cyclocardia (Cyclocardia) crassidens by Coan et al. (2000); it was recombined as Crassicardia crassidens by Pérez and Giachetti (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Astarte crassidens Broderip and Sowerby p. 365
1957Cardita (Cyclocardia) crassidens MacNeil
1973Cyclocardia crassidens Allison
2000Cyclocardia (Cyclocardia) crassidens Coan et al. p. 304
2020Crassicardia crassidens Pérez and Giachetti p. 14

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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(Férussac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
genusCrassicardiaConrad 1838
speciescrassidens(Broderip and Sowerby 1829)

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.

Crassicardia crassidens Broderip and Sowerby 1829
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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 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation Crassicardia crassidens (70448)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Russian Federation Crassicardia crassidens (49978)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Russian Federation Crassicardia crassidens (50042)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation Crassicardia crassidens (49976 50080 70469)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Alaska) Cardita crassidens (38004)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) Cyclocardia crassidens (37632)