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Venericardia (Venericor) subnipponica

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy

Venericardia subnipponica was named by Nagao (1928). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) subnipponica by Uozumi (1955) and Masuda and Noda (1976).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Cardita albasiensis, Cardita squamosissima, V. agriculturae, V. amazoniana, V. awamoensis, V. bisculpta, V. crebrisulcata, V. elegantula, V. forgemoli, V. globosa, V. horni, V. intermedia, V. liasina, V. liasinum, V. millegrana, V. nagaoi, V. okinoshimensis, V. quadriangulata, V. rutoti, V. smillina, V. turneri, V. withlacoochensis, V. monilifera, V. vestitoides, V. leonensis, V. perplana, V. gardnerae, V. guajirensis, V. sabinensis, Venericor densata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1928	Venericardia subnipponica Nagao p. 55 figs. pl. 14, figs. 19, 19a
1955	Venericardia (Venericor) subnipponica Uozumi p. 76
1976	Venericardia (Venericor) subnipponica Masuda and Noda

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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	Venericardia	Lamarck 1801
subgenus	Venericor
species	subnipponica	()

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.

†Venericardia (Venericor) subnipponica Nagao 1928

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitesuperf

Environment:

marinesuperf

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilef

Life habit:

shallow infaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindsuperf

Created:

2018-02-27 11:34:57

Modified:

2018-03-04 20:18:07

Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily

References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Stanley 1970, Eames 1951

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Rupelian or 47.80000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (22 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	Japan (Hokkaido)	Venericardia subnipponica (205062)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 28.4	Japan	Venericardia subnipponica (70764 70765 70766 70767 70768 70769 70774 70775 70776 70777 70779 70780 70781 70783 70810 70894 70895 70896 70897)
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	Japan	Venericardia subnipponica (81199)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	Japan (Yamaguchi)	Venericardia subnipponica (51449)