Bivalvia - Unionida - Pachycardiidae
Parent taxon: Pachycardiidae according to C. A. McRoberts 1997
See also Damborenea and Lanés 2007, Hayami 1975, Kurushin 1992 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Guangdongella, Pachycardia, Weixiella, Weiyuanella, Yunnanophorus, Zhifangia
Subtaxa: Cardinioides fidus Cardinioides japonicus Cardinioides josephus Cardinioides lanesae Cardinioides magnus Cardinioides ovatus Cardinioides tolli Cardinioides varidus Cardinioides voronetsae
Type: Cardinioides japonicus
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (3 collections), Germany (1), Japan (2)
• Triassic of Japan (2), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (11), United States (4: Nevada, Oregon)
• Permian of Tunisia (1)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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