Cardinia Agassiz 1841 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Cardiniidae

Parent taxon: Cardiniidae according to P. Hodges 2017

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Scholz et al. 2008, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Arctocardinia, Cardiniopsis, Isopristes, Minepharus, Nidarica, Pseudastarte, Tellidorella, Torastarte

Subtaxa: Cardinia andium Cardinia concinna Cardinia gibbosum Cardinia gleimi Cardinia hybrida Cardinia indigirkaensis Cardinia listeri Cardinia ponderosa Cardinia rugosa Cardinia similis Cardinia toriyamai

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Type: Cardinia listeri

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Italy (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Argentina (3), Belgium (1), Canada (9: British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (35), China (1), France (5), Germany (13), Greenland (61), Hong Kong (1), Hungary (1), Israel (1), Italy (6), Japan (1), Luxembourg (2), Mexico (2), New Zealand (1), Portugal (1), Slovakia (2), Spain (15), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Tajikistan (2), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (22), United States (4: Alaska, Nevada, Oregon)

• Triassic to Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)

• Triassic of Austria (25), Canada (2: British Columbia), Chile (1), China (4), France (6), Italy (1), Japan (7), the Russian Federation (18), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (4), the United Kingdom (5), United States (7: California, Nevada)

Total: 273 collections including 340 occurrences

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