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Anomalocardia

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	5189326	https://www.gbif.org/species/5189326
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17341	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17341

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Anomalocardia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Anomalocardia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

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
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Veneroidei
-	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Venerinae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Anomalocardia	Schumacher 1817

Scientific Name

Anomalocardia Schumacher, 1817

Name Published In

Schumacher, Chrétien F. 1817. Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenhague.: ; 1-287; pls. i-xxii.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Anomalocardia	subgenus	belongs to Chione	stated without evidence	Verrill, 1870
Anomalocardia	subgenus	belongs to Arca	stated with evidence	Boettger, 1883
Anomalocardia	genus	belongs to Venerinae	stated without evidence	da Silva Forti, 1969
Anomalocardia	genus	belongs to Chioninae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Anomalocardia	genus	belongs to Veneridae	implied	Lamprell and Whitehead, 1992
Anomalocardia	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Todd, 2001
Anomalocardia	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (43%)

First Recorded Appearance

28.4 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Veneridae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Anomalocardia (Anomalocardia) subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Anomalocardia brasiliana species	listed (PBDB)		19	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Anomalocardia caloosana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anomalocardia chipolana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anomalocardia cuneimeris species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Anomalocardia dupliniana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anomalocardia flexuosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anomalocardia hendiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anomalocardia hendriana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Anomalocardia heothina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Anomalocardia laptalea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anomalocardia nesiotica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anomalocardia puella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anomolocardia squamosa species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Cryptogramma Mörch, 1853	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Cryptogramma*
Triquetra Blainville, 1828	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Triquetra*
Cryptogrammia Mörch, 1861	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Cryptogrammia*
Murcia Römer, 1857	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Murcia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1817	Anomalocardia Schumacher p. 44
1870	Chione (Anomalocardia) Verrill
1883	Arca (Anomalocardia) Boettger p. 96 figs. pl. 7, figs. 14-16
1969	Anomalocardia da Silva Forti p. 88
1980	Anomalocardia Vokes p. 177
1982	Anomalocardia Woodring p. 707
1992	Anomalocardia Lamprell and Whitehead p. 126
1992	Anomalocardia Ward p. 104
2001	Anomalocardia Todd
2002	Anomalocardia Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

da Silva Forti I. R. (1969) Cenozoic Mollusks from the drillholes Cassino and Palmares do Sul of the Coastal Plain of Rio Grande do Sul, Iheringia Geologia 2, 55-155

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Woodring W. P. (1982) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 F

Lamprell K., Whitehead T. (1992) , Bivalves of Australia 1

Ward L. W. (1992) Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America, Virginia Museum of Natural History 2

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections, [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]

Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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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