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Vasticardium orbita

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium orbita was named by Reeve (1845). It is extant.

It was recombined as Vasticardium orbita by Vidal (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Cardium orbita Reeve
1997Vasticardium orbita Vidal

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyTrachycardiinaeStewart 1930
genusVasticardiumDall 1900
speciesorbita(Reeve 1845)

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: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: shallow infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-11 11:03:01
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:03:01
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Cardium orbita (89303)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Cardium orbita (89311)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga Cardium orbita (96437 96472)