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Carditidae

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Carditidae Fleming
1904Carditidae Glenn p. 343
1925Carditidae Woodring p. 98
1931Carditidae Olsson p. 47
1957Carditidae Rivera p. 193
1965Carditidae Newell p. 19
1977Carditidae Adegoke p. 259
1980Carditidae Vokes p. 117
1982Carditidae Dockery p. 64
1983Carditidae Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 91
1984Carditidae Squires p. 45
1987Carditidae Squires p. 63
1987Carditidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1988Carditidae Squires p. 19
1990Carditidae Beu et al. p. 397
1992Carditidae Ward p. 81
1999Carditidae Squires p. 25
2000Carditidae Coan et al. p. 258
2006Carditidae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 231
2006Carditidae El Qot p. 73
2009Carditidae Nevesskaja
2010Carditidae Bouchet et al.
2011Carditidae Carter et al. p. 14
2014Carditidae Ros-Franch et al.
2015Carditidae Hickman p. 5

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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
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820

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.

Fm. Carditidae Fleming 1820
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G. †Ainicardita Popov 1983
G. Cardiocardita Anton 1839
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Cardiocardita ajar Bruguiére 1792
†Cardiocardita inaequalis Philippi 1887
G. Cardita Bruguière 1792
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Subg. †Cardita (Actinobolus) Mörch 1853
Subg. †Cardita (Bryssomera) Olsson 1961
Subg. Cardita (Cardita) Bruguiére 1792
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†Cardita (Cardita) gabrielensis Clark and Durham 1946
†Cardita alata Tate 1886
†Cardita alticosta Gabb 1869
Cardita analis Philippi 1836
Cardita aoteana Finlay 1927
†Cardita arduini Brongniart 1823
†Cardita barroneti Munier-Chalmas 1881
†Cardita beaumonti d'Archiac and Haime 1854
†Cardita belviderensis Cragin 1894
†Cardita beneckei Bittner 1895
†Cardita berjadinensis Hodson 1927
†Cardita bilineata Conrad 1848
†Cardita caribbeanensis Olsson 1922
Cardita chamaeformis Sowerby 1825
†Cardita compta Tate 1886
Cardita corbis Philippi 1836
†Cardita cordellai Bittner 1892
†Cardita costaenodulosis Newton 1922
†Cardita crassicosta Lamarck 1819
†Cardita cuneata Cossmann 1882
†Cardita decusata Münster 1841
†Cardita delicatula Tate 1886
†Cardita dupini d'Orbigny 1843
†Cardita excrescens Pritchard 1903
†Cardita granigera Guembel 1861
†Cardita guembeli Pichler 1875
†Cardita hilli Willett 1944
†Cardita jenkinsi Smith 1927
†Cardita kalimnae Pritchard 1903
†Cardita katsumatai Nagao 1928
†Cardita kondoi Nagao 1928
†Cardita luerae Stoppani 1865
†Cardita manteia Maury 1924
†Cardita marwicki Laws 1944
†Cardita minuta Winckler 1861
†Cardita multiradiata Emmrich 1853
Cardita muricata Sowerby 1832
†Cardita murrayana Tate 1886
†Cardita nicaisei Coquand 1862
†Cardita northcrofti Marwick 1928
†Cardita orbicularis Forbes 1846
Cardita orbicularis Sowerby 1825
†Cardita pichleri Bittner 1895
†Cardita platycostata Johnston 1880
†Cardita protracta Conrad 1843
†Cardita pusilla Hislop 1859
†Cardita reginae Oppenheim 1908
Cardita scalaris Sowerby 1825
Cardita senilis Lamarck 1805
†Cardita shepardi Dall 1915
†Cardita solida Tate 1887
†Cardita sphaericula von Koenen 1897
†Cardita spinosa Winckler 1861
†Cardita spinulosa Tate 1886
†Cardita striata Forbes 1846
†Cardita subrotunda Conrad 1848
†Cardita talegii Stoppani 1865
†Cardita tetrica Conrad 1854
†Cardita tricolor Sowerby 1833
†Cardita trigonalis Tate 1886
†Cardita triparticostata Newton 1922
†Cardita unica Kensley and Pether 1986
†Cardita variabilis Hislop 1859
Cardita variegata Bruguière 1792
†Cardita vigintinaria Conrad 1848
†Cardita viligensis Kiparisova 1966
†Carditia excavata Deshayes 1854
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Invalid names: Carditia tasmanica Tenison-Woods 1876 [synonym]
G. Carditamera Conrad 1838
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†Carditamera aculeata Conrad 1863
Carditamera affinis Sowerby 1823
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Invalid names: Cardita californica Deshayes 1854 [synonym], Cardita volucris Reeve 1843 [synonym]
†Carditamera arata Conrad 1832
†Carditamera aspera Lamarck 1805
†Carditamera catharia Dall 1903
†Carditamera matima Olsson 1922
Carditamera plata Ihering 1907
Carditamera radiata Sowerby 1833
†Carditamera tegea Dall 1903
†Carditamera vaughani Dall 1903
†Carditamera virginiae Maury 1912
†Carditamera williamsi Dockery 1997
Invalid names: Byssomera [synonym]
Subfm. Carditamerinae Chavan 1969
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G. †Fenestricardita Casey 1961
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G. †Izumicardia Ichikawa 1963
G. †Tutcheria Cox 1946
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†Tutcheria aalensis Cox 1946
†Tutcheria cingulata Goldfuss 1836
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Invalid names: Anisocardia ambergensis Rollier 1913 [synonym], Anisocardia quenstedti Rollier 1913 [synonym], Cardita consimilis Tate 1875 [synonym], Cardita dorni Kuhn 1936 [synonym], Cardium heberti Bistram 1903 [synonym], Cardium liasianum Jekelius 1915 [synonym], Cardium quadratum Deshayes 1857 [synonym], Cardium rhomboidale Monke 1888 [synonym]
†Tutcheria densestriata Koerner 1937
†Tutcheria heberti Terquem 1855
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Invalid names: Cardium terquemi Martin 1860 [synonym]
†Tutcheria itoi Hayami 1969
†Tutcheria slatteri Cox 1946
†Tutcheria submulticostata d'Orbigny 1850
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Invalid names: Cardita liasina Moore 1867 [synonym]
Subfm. Carditesinae Chavan 1969
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G. †Paraglans Chavan 1941
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†Paraglans calcitrapoides Lamarck 1805
G. †Pseudocardia Conrad 1866
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Invalid names: Vetericardia Conrad 1868 [synonym]
Subfm. Carditinae Fleming 1820
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G. Beguina Röding 1798
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Subg. Beguina (Jesonia) Gray
Subg. Beguina (Mytilicardita) Herrmannsen 1847
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†Mytilicardia curta Tate 1886
G. Cardites Link 1807
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Cardites antiquata Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Cardita cuvieri Broderip 1832 [synonym]
Cardites ovalis Rosenberg et al. 2006
G. †Maghrebella Freneix 1972
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†Maghrebella forgemoli Coquand 1862
G. Strophocardia Olsson 1961
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G. Coanicardita Pérez and Giachetti 2020
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Invalid names: Cardita longini Baily 1945 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Cardita monilicosta Gabb 1861 [synonym]
G. Crassicardia Conrad 1838
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Crassicardia crassidens Broderip and Sowerby 1829
G. Cyclocardia Conrad 1867
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†Cardita (Cyclocardia) steinkei Clark and Durham 1946
Subg. Cyclocardia (Vimentum) Iredale 1925
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†Vimentum calva Tate 1887
†Cyclocardia akagii Kanehara 1937
†Cyclocardia castor Dall 1909
†Cyclocardia castrana Glenn 1904
†Cyclocardia christiei Marwick 1929
†Cyclocardia dodairensis Hatai and Nisiyama 1952
†Cyclocardia hannai Tegland 1933
†Cyclocardia hannibali Clark 1925
†Cyclocardia kurilensis Savisky 1981
†Cyclocardia mesembria Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
†Cyclocardia moniligena Hickman 2015
†Cyclocardia pseutella Marwick 1929
Cyclocardia spurca Sowerby 1833
†Cyclocardia subtenta Conrad 1849
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Invalid names: Venericardia chehalisensis Weaver 1912 [synonym]
†Cyclocardia terryi Olsson 1922
†Cyclocardia tokunagai Yokoyama 1924
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Invalid names: Cardita volckmanni Philippi 1887 [synonym]
†Cyclocardia yoshidai Nagao 1928
†Cyclocardia zuliana Hodson 1929
†Venericardia (Cyclocardia) harukii Oyama and Mizuno 1958
†Venericardia (Cyclocardia) yokoyamai Oyama and Mizuno 1958
G. Glans Mühfeld 1811
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Subg. Glans (Centrocardita) Sacco 1899
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Subg. Glans (Glans) Mühfeld 1811
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†Glans (Glans) intermedia Brocchi 1814
Glans carpenteri Lamy 1922
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Invalid names: Cardita subquadrata Conrad 1848 [synonym], Glans minuscula Grant and Gale 1931 [synonym], Glans subquadrata Carpenter 1864 [synonym]
†Glans gracilicostata Tenison Woods 1877
†Glans polynema Tate 1886
†Glans rovereti Vredenburg 1928
†Glans scabrosa Tate 1886
†Glans tasmanica Tate 1886
†Glans weaveri Dickerson 1917
G. Hippocampocardia Pérez and Giachetti 2020
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G. Lunulicardita Popov 1983
Subfm. Miodomeridinae Chavan 1969
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G. Miodontiscus Dall 1903
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Miodontiscus prolongatus Carpenter 1864
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Invalid names: Miodontiscus meridionalis Dall 1916 [synonym], Venericardia nakamurai Yokoyama 1923 [synonym], Venericardia yatesi Arnold 1907 [synonym]
G. †Neovenericor Rossi de García et al. 1980
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†Neovenericor austroplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
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Invalid names: Venericardia (Venericor) austroplata Gardner and Bowles 1939 [synonym], Venericardia austroplata Gardner and Bowles 1936 [synonym], Venericor abasolensis Camacho and Fernández 1956 [synonym], Venericor austroplata Gardner and Bowles 1939 [synonym], Venericor wichmanni Camacho and Fernández 1956 [synonym]
†Neovenericor carrerensis Griffin 1991
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Invalid names: Venericardia carrerensis Griffin 1991 [synonym], Venericardia leanzai Hünicken 1955 [synonym]
†Neovenericor paranensis Borchert 1901
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Invalid names: Cardita paranensis Borchert 1901 [synonym], Venericardia crassicosta Borchert 1901 [synonym]
G. Oesterheldia Pérez and Giachetti 2020
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†Oesterheldia cannada Ihering 1907
†Oesterheldia dalek Pérez and del Río 2017
G. †Schizocardita Körner 1937
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†Schizocardita cristata Körner 1937
Subfm. Thecaliinae Dall 1903
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G. Milneria Dall 1871
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Milneria kelseyi Dall 1916
Milneria minima Dall 1871
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Invalid names: Trapezium halioticola Dall 1871 [synonym]
G. Thecalia Adams and Adams 1857
Subfm. Venericardiinae Chavan 1969
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G. †Glyptoactis Stewart 1930
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Subg. †Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) Stenzel and Krause 1957
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†Claibornicardia carinata Sowerby 1819
†Claibornicardia pharaonum Oppenheim 1903
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Invalid names: Venericardia (Pacificor) argentea Verástegui 1953 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Venericardia (Glyptoactis) mcmastersi Verástegui 1953 [synonym]
Subg. †Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) Maxwell 1969
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†Fasciculicardia allophyla Maxwell 1992
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Invalid names: Cardium arcaeformis Chapman and Crespin 1934 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Cardita (Glans) kaiparaensis Marshall 1918 [synonym]
†Glyptoactis alticostata Conrad 1833
†Venericardia (Glyptoactis) aversa Pilsbry and Johnson 1917
†Venericardia (Glyptoactis) carmenensis Clark and Durham 1946
†Venericardia (Glyptoactis) mutabilis d'Archaic and Haime 1954
G. †Malarossia Berezovsky 1999
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†Malarossia neos Berezovsky 1999
G. Megacardita Sacco 1899
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†Megacardita ponderosa Suter 1913
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Invalid names: Venericardia caelebs Marwick 1929 [synonym]
G. Purpurocardia Maxwell 1969
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†Purpurocardia beata Marwick 1928
†Purpurocardia fyfei Finlay and Marwick 1937
†Purpurocardia haskelli Fleming 1950
†Purpurocardia lillei Fleming 1943
†Purpurocardia penerectangularis Bartrum and Powell 1928
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Invalid names: Cardita difficilis Deshayes 1854 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Venericardia martini Marwick 1928 [replaced]
†Purpurocardia urutiensis Marwick 1926
G. †Trapezicardita Casey 1961
G. Venericardia Lamarck 1801
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†Cardita (Venericardia) laurae Brongniart 1823
Subg. †Venericardia (Clairbornicardia) Stenzel and E. K. 1957
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Subg. †Venericardia (Leuroactis) Stewart 1930
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†Venericardia (Leuroactis) crescentensis Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922
Subg. †Venericardia (Pacificor) Verástegui 1953
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†Venericardia (Pacificor) aragonia Arnold and Hannibal 1914
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Invalid names: Venericardia (Leuroactis) alisoensis Verástegui 1953 [synonym], Venericardia (Leuroactis) schencki Verástegui 1953 [synonym], Venericardia (Leuroactis) smileyi Vokes 1939 [synonym], Venericardia (Leuroactis) vokesi Verástegui 1953 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Venericardia (Pacificor) gabbi Verástegui 1953 [synonym], Venericardia (Pacificor) hertleini Verástegui 1953 [synonym], Venericardia (Pacificor) lutmani Turner 1938 [synonym], Venericardia (Pacificor) oregonensis Verástegui 1953 [synonym]
†Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922
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Invalid names: Venericardia (Pacificor) weaveri Verástegui 1953 [synonym]
†Venericardia (Pacificor) lisa Verástegui 1953
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Invalid names: Venericardia (Pacificor) transversaria Verástegui 1953 [synonym]
Invalid names: Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki popenoei Verástegui 1953 [synonym]
Subg. †Venericardia (Venericardia) Lamarck 1801
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†Venericardia (Venericardia) dufrenoyie Archiac and Haime 1854
†Venericardia (Venericardia) seminflata Cossmann and Pissarro 1927
Subg. †Venericardia (Venericor) Stewart 1930
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†Venericardia (Venericor) agustoscrobis Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) apodensata Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) aposmithii Gardner and Bowles 1939
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Invalid names: Venericardia marylandica Clark and Martin 1901 [synonym]
†Venericardia (Venericor) bashiplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) cacamai Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) claiboplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) claviger Gardner and Bowles 1936
†Venericardia (Venericor) cookei Gardner and Bowles 1939
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†Venericardia (Venericor) densata malinchae Gardner and Bowles 1939
Invalid names: Venericardia mooreana Conrad 1867 [synonym]
†Venericardia (Venericor) diga Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) francescae Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) hatcheplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) kilmacodes Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) mediaplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) mingoensis Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) nanaplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) nanaplata nanna Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) potapacoensis Clark and Martin 1901
†Venericardia (Venericor) stewarti Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia (Venericor) zapatai Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericor brongniartii Sowerby 1850
†Venericor planicosta Lamarck 1801
†Venericardia aizyensis Deshayes 1860
†Venericardia ameghinorum Ihering 1907
†Venericardia ameliae Peron 1928
†Venericardia angusticosta Adegoke 1977
†Venericardia barroneti Munier-Chalmas 1881
†Venericardia bistrovi Pronina 1969
†Venericardia bonificae Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983
†Venericardia brassica Maury 1925
†Venericardia buruca Boehm 1906
†Venericardia camachoi Rossi de Garcia and Levy 1959
†Venericardia capricornis Darragh and Kendrick 2010
†Venericardia complanata Deshayes 1825
†Venericardia complexicosta Aldrich and Meyer 1919
†Venericardia costagranosa Adegoke 1977
†Venericardia crossensis Reyment 1955
†Venericardia eoa Plummer 1933
†Venericardia ewekoroensis Adegoke 1977
†Venericardia gulielmi Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Venericardia hornii Gabb 1864
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†Venericardia hornii clarki Weaver and Palmer 1930
†Venericardia hornii aragonia Arnold and Hannibal 1914
†Venericardia imbricata Lamarck 1801
†Venericardia inflatior Meyer 1885
†Venericardia ionensis Waring 1914
†Venericardia isaurae Maury 1924
†Venericardia jaquinoti d'Orbigny 1843
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Invalid names: Cardita hanguensis Cox 1930 [synonym]
†Venericardia juneri Cox 1952
†Venericardia koerti Oppenheim 1915
†Venericardia maudensis Pritchard 1895
†Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846
†Venericardia nodifera Kellum 1926
†Venericardia olga Mansfield 1939
†Venericardia perimetra Maury 1924
†Venericardia philotima Maury 1924
†Venericardia praecisa Dall 1903
†Venericardia rosii Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983
†Venericardia semiinflata Cossmann and Pissarro 1927
†Venericardia simillina Olsson 1930
†Venericardia simplex Dall 1903
†Venericardia soriensis Eames 1951
†Venericardia tabligboensis Oppenheim 1915
†Venericardia thaleia Maury 1924
†Venericardia togoensis Oppenheim 1915
†Venericardia tokudai Takeda 1953
†Venericardia waynensis Mansfield 1940
G. Verticipronus Hedley 1904
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†Verticipronus strips Laws 1936
G. †Vetericardiella Chavan 1969
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†Vetericardiella benedeni Mueller 1859
Invalid names: Venericardinae Chavan 1969 [empty]
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
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS/SI, MA/SE, UN/BA, SU according to Todd (2001).f
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Spathian to the top of the Holocene or 251.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 247.2 Ma

Collections (3093 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation Cardita sp. (212566)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Cardita sp. (212183)
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0Bosnia and Herzegovina Cardita sp. (203843)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Russian Federation (Primorye) Cardita pichleri (57017)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary (Bakony) Cardita pichleri (203197 203199 203271 203276 203336 203338) Cardita sp. (203270)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Austria (Lower Austria) Cardita sp. (202325)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Germany Cardita multiradiata, Cardita minuta, Cardita spinosa (202142)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Indonesia Cardita globiformis (201863 201864 201865 201866 201867 201868 201869 201870)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Turkey (Balıkesir) Cardita cordellai (201912)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Indonesia (West Sumatra) Cardita globiformis (204436)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4USA (Alaska) Cardita sp. (112287 112288)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy (Belluno) Septocardia pichleri (207476 207477 207478)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Cardita decusata (137429) Cardita guembeli, Cardita pichleri, Cardita beneckei (144634)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5USA (California) Cardita jenkinsi (33327)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Nevada) Tutcheria sp. (210691 210693)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Alaska) Tutcheria densestriata (39896)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Indonesia (Timor) Cardita sp. (205321)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Peru Tutcheria densestriata (71784 71786)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Bosnia and Herzegovina Cardita sp. (203844)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Russian Federation Cardita viligensis (39315)