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Venericardia (Baluchicardia) bulla

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy

Venericardia bulla was named by Dall (1903) [DISTRIBUTION: Midway Group; Texas]. Its type specimen is USNM 164556, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Venericardia (Baluchicardia) bulla by Heaslip (1968).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Cardita albasiensis, Cardita squamosissima, V. agriculturae, V. amazoniana, V. awamoensis, V. bisculpta, V. crebrisulcata, V. elegantula, V. forgemoli, V. globosa, V. horni, V. intermedia, V. liasina, V. liasinum, V. millegrana, V. nagaoi, V. okinoshimensis, V. quadriangulata, V. rutoti, V. smillina, V. turneri, V. withlacoochensis, V. monilifera, V. vestitoides, V. leonensis, V. perplana, V. gardnerae, V. guajirensis, V. sabinensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1903	Venericardia bulla Dall pp. 1424-2425 figs. pl. 56, figs. 13-14
1933	Venericardia bulla Plummer pp. 811-812
1935	Venericardia bulla Gardner pp. 163, 164
1968	Venericardia (Baluchicardia) bulla Heaslip p. 86

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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	Carditesinae	Chavan 1969
genus	Venericardia	Rutsch and Schenck 1943
subgenus	Baluchicardia
species	bulla	()

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.

†Venericardia (Baluchicardia) bulla Dall 1903

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
height	104	18.6	0.400	36.5	27.1	9.45

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: Early/Lower Paleocene or 66.00000 to 61.70000 Ma

Collections (30 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene	66.0 - 61.7	USA (Texas)	Venericardia bulla (86430)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	USA (Texas)	Venericardia bulla (5595 5597 5598 5599 5600 5601 5602 84467 85315 92224)
Danian - Selandian	66.0 - 59.2	USA (Texas)	Venericardia bulla (98704 98711 98733 98734 98735)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene	66.0 - 58.7	USA (Texas)	Venericardia bulla (86188 86270 86293 86294 86307 86308 86310 86389 86400 86421 86432 86433 86436 86441)