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Carditella
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Condylocardiidae : Carditella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Carditella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Carditella E.A.Smith, 1881 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1881 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (50%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 61.6 - 59.2 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Carditidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Carditidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
External Images
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Carditella (Carditellona) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 5.33 Ma Miocene | |
Carditella aldrichi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
Carditella autjamensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella baloguni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella capensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella caputavisensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella cocinna species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella delli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella exulata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella galapagana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella hanzawai species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella hawaiensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella hawarensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella iejimensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella jaffaensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella laticosta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella marieta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella mawsoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella menkrawitensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella naviformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella pileolata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella pulchella species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Carditella regularis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Carditella semen species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Carditella similis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella subradiata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella subtrigona species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella tegulata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella tridacnula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella valdiviae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella vincentensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Carditella witkampi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pleuromeris aldrichi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Carditelle Kobelt, 1881 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Condylocardiidae : Carditelle |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1881 | Carditella Smith p. 264 |
1935 | Carditella Oostingh p. 167 |
1980 | Carditella Vokes p. 118 |
1982 | Carditella Dockery p. 64 |
1998 | Carditella Lamprell and Healy p. 240 |
2002 | Carditella Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!