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Cypricardella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4589598	https://www.gbif.org/species/4589598
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17557	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17557

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Astartidae : Cypricardella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Crassatellidae : Cypricardella

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
-	Carditioni	Dall 1889
order	Carditida
superfamily	Crassatelloidea
family	Crassatellidae	Férussac 1822
subfamily	Crassatellinae	Férussac 1822
genus	Cypricardella	Hall 1858

Scientific Name

Cypricardella Hall, 1858

Name Published In

Trans. Albany Inst., 4

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cypricardella	subgenus	belongs to Microdon	stated without evidence	Whitfield, 1882
Cypricardella	genus	belongs to Crassatellinae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Cypricardella	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

450 - 444 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

260 - 254 Ma
Permian

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Crassatellidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Crassatellidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Hall. 1856. Description of new species of fossils from the Carboniferous limestones of Indiana and Illinois. Transactions of the Albany Institute 4:1-36

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cypricardella amarassiensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Cypricardella bellatullata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypricardella brazeriana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypricardella crassa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypricardella cumberlandiae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypricardella dubia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypricardella enigmatia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypricardella eximia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypricardella gibbosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypricardella gorbyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypricardella marylandica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypricardella nitidula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypricardella norumbegae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypricardella occidentalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypricardella petschorica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Cypricardella procurta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypricardella quarzitica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypricardella sectoralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypricardella subalata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	345 Ma Carboniferous	345 Ma Carboniferous
Cypricardella sublata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypricardella sublevis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypricardella subquadrata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypricardella tenuilineata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypricardella tenuistriata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		10	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Cypricardella transversa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cypricardella trapezoidalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Cypricardella varicosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microdon tenuistriata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1842	Microdon Conrad
1856	Cypricardella Hall
1882	Microdon (Cypricardella) Whitfield
1980	Cypricardella Vokes p. 124
2002	Cypricardella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Hall J. Description of new species of fossils from the Carboniferous limestones of Indiana and Illinois, Transactions of the Albany Institute 4, 1-36

Conrad T. A. Observations on the Silurian and Devonian systems of the United States, with descriptions of new organic remains, Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8 2, 228-280

Whitfield R. P. Descriptions of new species of fossils from Ohio, with remarks on some of the geological formations in which they occur, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2, 193-244

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

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

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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

Trans. Albany Inst., 4 - 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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