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Cardita (Venericardia) pseudonodulosa

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy

Cardita (Venericardia) pseudonodulosa was named by Vredenburg (1928) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Pakistan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. aculeata, C. chmeietensis, C. cumanesa, C. elongata, C. fayumensis, C. globiformis, C. koroniensis, C. liveoakensis, C. mansuyi, C. newtoni, C. rotonda, C. suborbicularis, C. apotegea, C. subnipponica, C. albasiensis, C. squamosissima, Venericardia agriculturae, Venericardia amazoniana, Venericardia awamoensis, Venericardia bisculpta, Venericardia crebrisulcata, Venericardia elegantula, Venericardia forgemoli, Venericardia globosa, Venericardia horni, Venericardia intermedia, Venericardia liasina, Venericardia liasinum, Venericardia millegrana, Venericardia nagaoi, Venericardia okinoshimensis, Venericardia quadriangulata, Venericardia rutoti, Venericardia smillina, Venericardia turneri, Venericardia withlacoochensis, Venericardia monilifera, Venericardia vestitoides, Venericardia leonensis, Venericardia perplana, Venericardia gardnerae, Venericardia guajirensis, Venericardia sabinensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1928	Cardita (Venericardia) pseudonodulosa Vredenburg pp. 438-439

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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	Cardita	Lamarck 1801
subgenus	Venericardia
species	pseudonodulosa

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.

†Cardita (Venericardia) pseudonodulosa Vredenburg 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: Eames 1951, Stanley 1970, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Pakistan	Cardita pseudonodulosa (77169 77172)