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Condylocardiidae

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Description

Condylocardiidae is a family of small marine bivalve clams of the order Carditida.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	6856	https://www.gbif.org/species/6856
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	59809	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=59809

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Condylocardiidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Condylocardiidae

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	Condylocardiidae	Bernard 1896

Scientific Name

Condylocardiidae

Name Published In

Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris, 2: 195

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Condylocardiidae	family	belongs to Carditacea	stated with evidence	Newell, 1965
Condylocardiidae	family	belongs to Crassatelloidea	stated with evidence	Bieler and Mikkelsen, 2006
Condylocardiidae	family	belongs to Condylocardioidea	implied	Nevesskaja, 2009
Condylocardiidae	family	belongs to Carditoidea	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Condylocardiidae	family	belongs to Crassatelloidea	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

15 (19%)

First Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

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

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Common Name(s)

Bultschelpen

Wikipedia

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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Condylocardiinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		14	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Cuninae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		90	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Austrocardiella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Benthocardiella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Carditella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	61.6 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Carditellona genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Carditopsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Condylocardia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Condylocuna genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Crassacuna genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cuna genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		90	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Cunanax genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Erycinella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Glibertia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Goniocuna genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Isodontocardia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Micromeris genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Mimicuna genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ovacuna genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Propecuna genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Saltocuna genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Stenolena genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Warrana genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Westaustrocuna genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Carditellidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditellidae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1896	Condylocardiidae Bernard
1965	Condylocardiidae Newell p. 19
1971	Carditellidae Kuroda et al.
1980	Condylocardiidae Vokes p. 120
1987	Condylocardiidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
2006	Condylocardiidae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 231
2009	Condylocardiidae Nevesskaja
2010	Condylocardiidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Condylocardiidae Carter et al. p. 14

References

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

Newell N. D. (1965) Classification of the Bivalvia, American Museum Novitates 2206, 1-25

Ward L. W., Blackwelder B.W. (1987) Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61, 113-283

Bieler R., Mikkelsen P. M. (2006) Bivalvia - a look at the branches, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148, 223-235

Nevesskaja L. A. (2009) Principles of Systematics and the System of Bivalves, Paleontological Journal 43 1, 1-11 doi:10.1134/S0031030109010018

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

Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

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)

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

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 872 Hippella Moerch, 1861 (Pelecypoda): suppressed under the Plenary Powers.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 25, 216-217 (1969) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Bernard F. (1896). Diagnoses de coquilles nouvelles de Lamellibranches (genres Condylocardia et Hochstetteria). Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. 2(5): 193-197. - via World Register of Marine Species

Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. - via World Register of Marine Species

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