Welcome to the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology!
Please enter a genera name to retrieve more information.
Cardita
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Veneroida
Superfamily:
Carditacea
Family:
Carditidae
Subfamily:
Carditinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cardita BRUGUITERE, 1792
Type Species:
Chama calyculata Linné, 1758, SD GRAY, 1847
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. E48,1. *C. (C.) calyculata (Linné), Rec., Medit., 1a-c, RV ext., RV int., LV hinge, X1 (7, Chavan, n).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Paleoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Danian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
66.04
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Transversely inequilateral, trapezoidal or modioliform, with nodulose radial ribs. Hinge with obliquely trigonal divergent cardinals in LV and faint anterior laterals. [According to International Code (Art. 69,a,iii), type species is Cardita voriegata BRUGUERE, 1792; SD FLEMING, 1818. In opinion of CHAVAN, Flemings's desIgnation was not explicit and therefore not to be recognized.]
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Veneroida
Superfamily:
Carditacea
Family:
Carditidae
Subfamily:
Carditinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cardita BRUGUITERE, 1792
Type Species:
Chama calyculata Linné, 1758, SD GRAY, 1847
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. E48,1. *C. (C.) calyculata (Linné), Rec., Medit., 1a-c, RV ext., RV int., LV hinge, X1 (7, Chavan, n).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Paleoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Danian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
66.04
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Transversely inequilateral, trapezoidal or modioliform, with nodulose radial ribs. Hinge with obliquely trigonal divergent cardinals in LV and faint anterior laterals. [According to International Code (Art. 69,a,iii), type species is Cardita voriegata BRUGUERE, 1792; SD FLEMING, 1818. In opinion of CHAVAN, Flemings's desIgnation was not explicit and therefore not to be recognized.]