Claibornicardia

Claibornicardia is an extinct genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Carditidae. It is sometimes considered a subgenus of either Glyptoactis or Venericardia.[1] It has been found in the Americas and Europe.[2]

Claibornicardia
Temporal range: 58.7–33.9 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Carditida
Superfamily: Carditoidea
Family: Carditidae
Genus: †Claibornicardia
Stenzel & Krause, 1957
Species

See text.

Species

No species are yet listed by the World Register of Marine Species (as of April 2019), but they may include:[2]

  • †Claibornicardia aalterensis Vervoenen and van Nieulande, 2010[3]
  • †Claibornicardia alticostata Conrad, 1833 (also Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata and, less commonly, Glyptoactis alticostata)[4]
  • †Claibornicardia carinata Sowerby 1819
  • †Claibornicardia domenginica Vokes 1939 (also Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) domenginica)
  • †Claibornicardia nasuta Dall 1903 (also Venericardia (Claibornicardia) nasuta)
  • †Claibornicardia paleopatagonica Ihering, 1903
  • †Claibornicardia trapaquara Harris 1895 (also Venericardia (Claibornicardia) trapaquara)

References
  1. "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  2. "Fossilworks: Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia)". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  3. M. Vervoenen & F.A.D. van Nieulande (April 2010). "Claibornicardia aalterensis n. sp., a new carditid species from the Eocene of the Southern North Sea Basin".
  4. "Fossilworks: Glyptoactis alticostata". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2019-04-25.


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