Subfamily Clinocardiinae Kafanov 1975 (cockle)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Parent taxon: Eucardiids according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan et al. 2000 and Moore 2003

Sister taxa: Cardiinae, Cerastodermatinae, Fraginae, Lymnocardiinae, Orthocardiinae, Profraginae, Trapezicardiinae, Tridacninae

Subtaxa: Ciliatocardium Clinocardium Profulviini Serripedini

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (20: British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario collections), Greenland (16), Japan (1), Mexico (1), United States (68: Alaska, California, Maine, New Jersey, Oregon, Washington)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: Alaska, Washington)

• Pliocene of Iceland (1), Japan (14), the Russian Federation (4), United States (9: Alaska, California, Oregon)

• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (2: California)

• Miocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), India (1), Japan (16), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (26), United States (28: Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington)

• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), Japan (13), the Russian Federation (9), United States (12: Alaska, California, Washington)

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (3), United States (2: Oregon)

Total: 251 collections including 324 occurrences

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