Biology:Baluchicardia
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Short description: Extinct genus of bivalves
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| Fossil Venericardia (Baluchicardia) ameliae (Peron) of Maastrichtian age from Algeria at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Subfamily: | Venericardiinae
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| Genus: | Baluchicardia Rutsch and Schenck 1943
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Baluchicardia is an extinct genus of fossil saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Carditidae. These clams were facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeders.[1]
Subtaxa
Some authors consider Baluchicardia a subgenus of Venericardia.[2]
- Baluchicardia francescae [1]
- Venericardia (Baluchicardia) ameliae [2]
- Venericardia (Baluchicardia) amplicrenata [1]
- Venericardia (Baluchicardia) bulla [1]
- Venericardia (Baluchicardia) greggiana [1]
- Venericardia (Baluchicardia) hesperia [1]
- Venericardia (Baluchicardia) moa [1]
- Venericardia (Baluchicardia) whitei [1]
- Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis [1]
Distribution
Species within this genus have been found in the Eocene of the United States , in the Paleocene of Colombia and the United States and in the Cretaceous of Angola, Argentina , Brazil , Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Egypt, France , Iran, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan , Saudi Arabia, Senegal and Tunisia.[1]
References
- Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Bivalvia
- Encyclopedia of Life
Wikidata ☰ Q16975029 entry
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