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Cardiocardita
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Veneroida
Superfamily:
Carditacea
Family:
Carditidae
Subfamily:
Carditamerinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cardiocardita ANTON, 1839
Type Species:
Chama ajar Adanson, 1757 (invalid, pre-Linnaean) (=Cardita ajar Bruguière, 1792), SD HERRMANNSEN, 1846
Images
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Fig. E50,4. *C. (C.) ajar (Bruguière), Rec., W.Afr.(Senegal), 4a,b, RV ext., int., XI (7)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
SW.Eu.-Afr.-Pac.O.-Australasia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Eoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Lutetian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
48.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Inequilateral, subtrapezoidal, rounded in front, obliquely truncate at rear, with strong nodular or echinate ribs, beaks low. Hinge with trihedral cardinals, 3a very small, 3b straight, sharp-sided, at mid-hinge, anterior laterals minute, almost obsolete.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Veneroida
Superfamily:
Carditacea
Family:
Carditidae
Subfamily:
Carditamerinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cardiocardita ANTON, 1839
Type Species:
Chama ajar Adanson, 1757 (invalid, pre-Linnaean) (=Cardita ajar Bruguière, 1792), SD HERRMANNSEN, 1846
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. E50,4. *C. (C.) ajar (Bruguière), Rec., W.Afr.(Senegal), 4a,b, RV ext., int., XI (7)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
SW.Eu.-Afr.-Pac.O.-Australasia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Eoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Lutetian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
48.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Inequilateral, subtrapezoidal, rounded in front, obliquely truncate at rear, with strong nodular or echinate ribs, beaks low. Hinge with trihedral cardinals, 3a very small, 3b straight, sharp-sided, at mid-hinge, anterior laterals minute, almost obsolete.