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Cardita (Cardita) calyculata

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Chama calyculata was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Mediterranean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Cardita (Cardita) calyculata by Freneix et al. (1988); it was recombined as Cardita calyculata by Lamarck (1799), Poppe and Goto (1993) and Beesley (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Chama calyculata Linnaeus
1799Cardita calyculata Lamarck p. 86
1988Cardita (Cardita) calyculata Freneix et al. p. 423
1993Cardita calyculata Poppe and Goto p. 89
1998Cardita calyculata Beesley p. 323

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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(Férussac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
genusCarditaBruguière 1792
subgenusCarditaBruguiére 1792
speciescalyculata(Linnaeus 1758)

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 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: Sanchez Roig 1926, Eames 1951

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Cardita calyculata (178108)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria Cardita calyculata (60288)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Malta Cardita calyculata (131977)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Cardita calyculata (70786 70863 70864 70879 70882 70887)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Cardita calyculata (78312)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Livorno) Cardita calyculata (173663)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Cardita calyculata (127581)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain Cardita calyculata (128324 128384)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco Cardita calyculata (127573)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Azores) Cardita calyculata (128466 128470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Cardita calyculata (76579 127358 127359 127360 128327)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco Cardita calyculata (127592 127599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Cardita calyculata (122244)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Cardita calyculata (128328)