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Venericardia (Cyclocardia) yokoyamai ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	101823	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=101823

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Cyclocardia : Venericardia (Cyclocardia) yokoyamai

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Carditioni	Dall 1889
order	Carditida
superfamily	Crassatelloidea
family	Carditidae	Fleming 1820
subfamily	Carditinae	Fleming 1820
genus	Cyclocardia	Conrad 1867
species	Venericardia (Cyclocardia) yokoyamai	Oyama and Mizuno 1958

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Venericardia (Cyclocardia) yokoyamai	species	belongs to Venericardia (Cyclocardia)	stated with evidence	Oyama and Mizuno, 1958
Venericardia (Cyclocardia) yokoyamai	species	belongs to Venericardia	stated without evidence	Mizuno, 1964

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Last Recorded Appearance

37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Cyclocardia)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Cyclocardia)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

K. Oyama and A. Mizuno. 1958. n the New Forms of Paleogene Molluscs from Japan. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan 9:589-606

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1958	Venericardia (Cyclocardia) yokoyamai Oyama and Mizuno p. 601
1964	Venericardia yokoyamai Mizuno

Oyama K., Mizuno A. (1958) n the New Forms of Paleogene Molluscs from Japan, Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan 9, 589-606

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!

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