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Ctenocardia

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4372158	https://www.gbif.org/species/4372158
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17534	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17534

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Cardiidae : Ctenocardia

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
-	Cardioidei	Ferussac 1822
superfamily	Cardioidea
family	Cardiidae	Lamarck 1809
-	Neocardiids	Carter et al. 2011
-	Eucardiids	Schneider 1995
subfamily	Fraginae	Stewart 1930
genus	Ctenocardia	Adams 1857

Scientific Name

Ctenocardia Adams, 1857

Name Published In

Gen. Rec. Moll., 2

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ctenocardia	subgenus	belongs to Cardium	implied	Abrard, 1947
Ctenocardia	genus	belongs to Fraginae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Ctenocardia	genus	belongs to Cardiidae	implied	Lamprell and Whitehead, 1992
Ctenocardia	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Ctenocardia	genus	belongs to Fraginae	stated with evidence	Coan and Valentich-Scott, 2012

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

5 (83%)

First Recorded Appearance

11.6 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Cardiidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Cardiidae)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ctenocardia (Ctenocardia) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		4	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Ctenocardia biangulata species	listed (PBDB)		9	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Ctenocardia fijianum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenocardia fornicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenocardia gustavi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenocardia pilbaraensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenocardia translata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Freneixicardia victor species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ctenocardia virgo species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1857	Ctenocardia Adams and A.
1947	Cardium (Ctenocardia) Abrard
1980	Ctenocardia Vokes p. 128
1992	Ctenocardia Lamprell and Whitehead p. 66
2002	Ctenocardia Sepkoski, Jr.
2012	Ctenocardia Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 419

References

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

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

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

Coan E. V., Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru, Santa Barbara museum of Natural history monographs 6, 1-1258

Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Poorten, J.J. ter, 2005. Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS) - via World Register of Marine Species

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gen. Rec. Moll., 2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Boss, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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