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Description

Cardites is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Carditidae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardites, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	5429841	https://www.gbif.org/species/5429841
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17445	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17445

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Cardites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Cardites

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	Carditidae	Fleming 1820
subfamily	Carditinae	Fleming 1820
genus	Cardites	Link 1807

Scientific Name

Cardites Link, 1807

Name Published In

Link D.H.F. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock: Adlers Erben. 1 Abt. [Part 1], pp. 1-50; 2 Abt. [Part 2], pp. 51-100; 3 Abt. [Part 3], pp. 101-165; Abt. 4 [Part 4],pp. 1-30; Abt. 5 [Part 5], pp. 1-38 [1808]; Abt. 6 [Part 6], pp. 1-38.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cardites	subgenus	belongs to Cardita	stated with evidence	Keen, 1971
Cardites	genus	belongs to Carditesinae	stated without evidence	Freneix et al., 1988
Cardites	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Cardites	genus	belongs to Carditesinae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Cardites	genus	belongs to Carditinae	stated with evidence	Coan and Valentich-Scott, 2012

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

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

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

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardites

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Actinobolus sulcidentatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cardites antiquata species	listed (PBDB)		18	48.6 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Cardites antiquatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cardites bicolor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cardites canaliculatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cardites carpomorphus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cardites cooperi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cardites crassicostata species	listed (PBDB)		5	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Cardites cumingii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cardites floridanus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cardites grayi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cardites laticostatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cardites micellus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cardites nitidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cardites ovalis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Cardites rufus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cardites umbonatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Actinobolus Mörch, 1853	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : *Actinobolus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1807	Cardites Link
1971	Cardita (Cardites) Keen p. 107
1988	Cardites Freneix et al. p. 425
2002	Cardites Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Cardites Bouchet et al.
2012	Cardites Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 379

References

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

Keen A. M. (1971) , Sea Shells of Tropical West America, 1-1064

Freneix S., Saint Martin J.-P., et al (1988) Bivalves Hétérodontes du Messinien d'Oranie (Algérie occidentale), Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section C: Sciences de la Terre 9 4, 415-453

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

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

Aphia2006 - 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

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

Beschr. Nat. Samml. Univ. Rostock, (3 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

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