Source Data | |
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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Cardita : Cardita unica |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Cardita : Cardita unica |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Cardita |
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Scientific Name | Cardita unica Kensley & Pether, 1986 |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Cardita unica | species | belongs to Cardita | stated with evidence | Kensley and Pether, 1986 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 2.59 - 0.78 Ma Pleistocene |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 2.59 - 0.78 Ma Pleistocene |
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Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Carditidae) |
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Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) |
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Diet | suspension feeder (based on Carditidae) |
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Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | B. Kensley and J. Pether. 1986. Late Tertiary and Early Quaternary Fossil Mollusca for the Hondeklip Area, Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 97(6):141-225 |
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