VOOZH about

URL: https://www.mindat.org/taxon-3459.html

โ‡ฑ Carditidae


๐Ÿ‘ Image
Now Featuring: The Bruce Carter Collection at Heritage Auctions, Live May 16th
Log InRegister
AboutSupport UsPhotosDiscussionsSearchLearnMore

๐Ÿ‘ Image
Carditidae

This page is currently not sponsored. Click here to sponsor this page.
Photos
Description

Carditidae is a family of marine bivalve clams of the order Carditida, which was long included in the Venerida. They are the type taxon of the superfamily Carditoidea.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3459https://www.gbif.org/species/3459
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)59551https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=59551
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassHeteroconchia
-CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
-CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida
superfamilyCrassatelloidea
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
Scientific NameCarditidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Carditidaefamilybelongs to Carditaceastated without evidenceGlenn, 1904
Carditidaefamilybelongs to Carditaceastated with evidenceNewell, 1965
Carditidaefamilybelongs to Carditaceastated without evidenceDockery, 1982
Carditidaefamilybelongs to Carditaceastated with evidenceGliozzi and Malatesta, 1983
Carditidaefamilybelongs to Carditaceastated without evidenceSquires, 1984
Carditidaefamilybelongs to Carditaceastated with evidenceWard and Blackwelder, 1987
Carditidaefamilybelongs to Carditaceastated without evidenceSquires, 1987
Carditidaefamilybelongs to Veneroidastated without evidenceSquires, 1988
Carditidaefamilybelongs to Carditaceastated without evidenceBeu et al., 1990
Carditidaefamilybelongs to Carditoideastated with evidenceWard, 1992
Carditidaefamilybelongs to Carditoideastated without evidenceCoan et al., 2000
Carditidaefamilybelongs to Carditaceastated without evidenceEl Qot, 2006
Carditidaefamilybelongs to Crassatelloideastated with evidenceBieler and Mikkelsen, 2006
Carditidaefamilybelongs to CarditoideaimpliedNevesskaja, 2009
Carditidaefamilybelongs to Carditoideastated without evidenceBouchet et al., 2010
Carditidaefamilybelongs to Crassatelloideastated with evidenceCarter et al., 2011
Carditidaefamilybelongs to Carditoideastated without evidenceRos-Franch et al., 2014
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)449
Extant Size (PBDB)83 (18%)
First Recorded Appearance265 - 260 Ma
Permian
Motilityfacultatively mobile
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder
Ecospace CommentsLIFE HISTORY: IS/SI, MA/SE, UN/BA, SU according to Todd (2001).
Taphonomyaragonite (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) Trapezmuscheln, Cardita Clams, Carditas, ใƒˆใƒžใƒคใ‚ฌใ‚ค
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carditidae

External Images

๐Ÿ‘ Image
๐Ÿ‘ Image
๐Ÿ‘ Image
๐Ÿ‘ Image
๐Ÿ‘ Image
๐Ÿ‘ Image
๐Ÿ‘ Image
๐Ÿ‘ Image
๐Ÿ‘ Image
๐Ÿ‘ Image
๐Ÿ‘ Image
๐Ÿ‘ Image

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Carditamerinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)73228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Carditesinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)139125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Carditinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)652101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Miodomeridinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)466.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Thecaliinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)32.59 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Venericardiinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)1,931191 Ma
Early Jurassic
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Venericardinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Ainicardita โœ
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2233.9 Ma
Oligocene
11.6 Ma
Miocene
Akardita
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Arcturellina
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Baluchicardia โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
12972.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Bathycardita
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Beguina
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
338.0 Ma
Eocene
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Cardiocardita
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1348.6 Ma
Eocene
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Cardita
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
382242 Ma
Middle Triassic
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Carditamera
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
167209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Carditellopsis
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Cardites
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
6348.6 Ma
Eocene
0 Ma
Extant
Centrocardita
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Choniocardia
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Claibornicardia
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Coripia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Crassicardia
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1223.0 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Cyclocardia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
577101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
Darwinicardia
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Fenestricardita โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Glans
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
12499.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Glyptoactis
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
29866.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Gujocardita โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
36265 Ma
Permian
254 Ma
Permian
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Hamacuna
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
0 Ma
Extant
Kolmeris
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Lazariella
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Ludbrookia โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
5125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Lunulicardita
genus
listed (PBDB)723.0 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Maghrebella โœ
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
10122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Megacardita
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4356.0 Ma
Paleocene
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Milneria
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
32.59 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Miodontiscus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2061.6 Ma
Paleocene
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Palaeocardita โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
157237 Ma
Middle Triassic
183 Ma
Early Jurassic
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Paraglans โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
355.8 Ma
Eocene
41.3 Ma
Eocene
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Pleuromeris
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
24666.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
Powellina
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Pseudocardia โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
7125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Pteromeris
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4366.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Purpurocardia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1783.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Scalaricardita โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1016.0 Ma
Miocene
13.7 Ma
Miocene
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Schizocardita โœ
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Strophocardia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
911.6 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Thecalia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
0 Ma
Extant
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Tutcheria โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
47228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
180 Ma
Early Jurassic
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Venericardia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1,527191 Ma
Early Jurassic
0 Ma
Extant
Venericor
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Vetericardiella โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
14686.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Vimentum
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
๐Ÿ‘ Image
Xenocardita โœ
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cardicardita gabonensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Cossmannella qarunensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Eomiodon cossmanni
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Goossensia plicatuloides
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1820Carditidae Fleming
1904Carditidae Glenn p. 343
1925Carditidae Woodring p. 98
1931Carditidae Olsson p. 47
1957Carditidae Rivera p. 193
1965Carditidae Newell p. 19
1980Carditidae Vokes p. 117
1982Carditidae Dockery p. 64
1983Carditidae Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 91
1984Carditidae Squires p. 45
1987Carditidae Squires p. 63
1987Carditidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
YearName and Author
1988Carditidae Squires p. 19
1990Carditidae Beu et al. p. 397
1992Carditidae Ward p. 81
1999Carditidae Squires p. 25
2000Carditidae Coan et al. p. 258
2006Carditidae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 231
2006Carditidae El Qot p. 73
2009Carditidae Nevesskaja
2010Carditidae Bouchet et al.
2011Carditidae Carter et al. p. 14
2014Carditidae Ros-Franch et al.
2015Carditidae Hickman p. 5

References

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue
Glenn L. C. (1904) Pelecypoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 274-401
Woodring W. P. (1925) Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 1: Pelecypods and Scaphopods, Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
Olsson A. A. (1931) Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene, Bulletins of American Paleontology 17 63
Rivera R. (1957) Moluscos fosiles de la Formacion Paracas, Dpto. de Ica, Sociedad Geologica del Peru Primer Congreso Nacional de Geologia Anales - Parte II 32, 165-219
Newell N. D. (1965) Classification of the Bivalvia, American Museum Novitates 2206, 1-25
Dockery D. T. (1982) Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123, 1-261
Gliozzi E., Malatesta A. (1983) I molluschi del Paleocene di Baixa Chinhauanine nel bacino del Rio Massintonto (Maputo - Mozambico), Geologica Romana 22, 85-145
Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76
Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93
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
Squires R. L. (1988) Eocene Macropaleontology of Northern Lockwood Valley, Ventura County, California, Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 398, 1-23
Beu A. G., Maxwell P.A., et al (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58
Ward L. W. (1992) Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America, Virginia Museum of Natural History 2
Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764
Bieler R., Mikkelsen P. M. (2006) Bivalvia - a look at the branches, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148, 223-235
El Qot G. M. (2006) Late Cretaceous macrofossils from Sinai, Egypt, Beringeria 36, 3-163
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
Ros-Franch S., Mรกrquez-Aliaga A., et al (2014) Comprehensive database on Induan (Lower Triassic) to Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) marine bivalve genera and their paleobiogeographic record, Paleontological Contributions 8, 1-219
Hickman C. S. (2015) Paleogene marine bivalves of the deep-water Keasey Formation in Oregon, Part III: The heteroconchs, PaleoBios 32, 1-44
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)
Millard, V., 1997: null. Classification of Mollusca: A classification of world wide Mollusca. 1-544. - 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 Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
Vaught, K. C. / Abbott, Robert T. and Kenneth J. Boss, 1989: null. A classification of the living Mollusca. xii+195. - 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
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
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
Mindat.orgยฎ is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Mindatยฎ and mindat.orgยฎ are registered trademarks of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy.
Copyright ยฉ mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2026, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are ยฉ OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph and Ida Chau.
To cite: Ralph, J., Von Bargen, D., Martynov, P., Zhang, J., Que, X., Prabhu, A., Morrison, S. M., Li, W., Chen, W., & Ma, X. (2025). Mindat.org: The open access mineralogy database to accelerate data-intensive geoscience research. American Mineralogist, 110(6), 833โ€“844. doi:10.2138/am-2024-9486.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: April 4, 2026 08:17:01 Page updated: August 8, 2025 23:54:40
Go to top of page