Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative spellings: Beguina (Glans), Cardita (Glans), Venericardia (Glans)
Parent taxon: Carditidae according to E. J. Moore 1992
See also Dey 1961, Fleming 1966, Freneix et al. 1988, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Le Renard 1986, Marasti 1973, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980, Vredenburg 1928 and Woodring 1925
Sister taxa: Ainicardita, Cardiocardita, Cardita, Carditamera, Carditamerinae, Carditesinae, Carditinae, Coanicardita, Crassicardia, Cyclocardia, Hippocampocardia, Ludbrookia, Lunulicardita, Miodomeridinae, Miodontiscus, Neovenericor, Oesterheldia, Pleuromeris, Schizocardita, Thecaliinae, Venericardiinae, Venericardinae, Vetericardiella, Xenocardita
Subtaxa: Cardita (Glans) quilonensis Cardita (Glans) scabricostata Glans (Centrocardita) Glans (Glans) Glans carpenteri Glans gracilicostata Glans polynema Glans rovereti Glans scabrosa Glans tasmanica Glans weaveri
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (1 collection), Italy (2), Mexico (7), Spain (1), United States (42: California)
• Pliocene of Belgium (3), Costa Rica (5), the Dominican Republic (1), Greece (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (4), Jamaica (5)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (4)
• Miocene of Algeria (3), Australia (4), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (6), the Dominican Republic (1), Germany (1), Greece (2), India (6), Indonesia (1), Italy (3), Madagascar (1), Morocco (3), Poland (5), Slovakia (1), United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of Pakistan (2), Somalia (1), United States (1: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Japan (1), Nigeria (3), the United Kingdom (4), United States (4: Florida)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Germany (1), United States (2: California, New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: California, New Jersey)
Total: 139 collections including 151 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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