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Carditamera (Carditamera)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Carditamera (Carditamera) was named by Conrad (1838). It is extant.

It was assigned to Carditamera by Conrad (1838), Olsson (1967) and da Silva Forti (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Carditamera (Carditamera) Conrad
1967Carditamera (Carditamera) Olsson p. 10
1969Carditamera (Carditamera) da Silva Forti p. 78

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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
genusCarditameraConrad 1838
subgenusCarditameraConrad 1838

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.

Subg. Carditamera (Carditamera) Conrad 1838
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-07-04 09:39:17
Modified: 2009-07-04 11:39:17
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Todd 2001, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 20.44000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Carditamera defuniak (68971)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Cardita defuniak (43023 43024 43046 43048 94810) Carditamera defuniak (111204)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Carditamera sp. (60406)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Carditamera guppyi (60412 60413 60414 60415 60416 60417) Carditamera sp. (60659)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Carditamera sp. (135839)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Carditamera dasytes (79761 79959)