Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative spellings: Cardita (Miodontiscus), Venericardia (Miodontiscus)
Parent taxon: Carditidae according to E. J. Moore 1992
See also Ogasawara 2001, Oldroyd 1925, Schenck 1945 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ainicardita, Cardiocardita, Cardita, Carditamera, Carditamerinae, Carditesinae, Carditinae, Coanicardita, Crassicardia, Cyclocardia, Glans, Hippocampocardia, Ludbrookia, Lunulicardita, Miodomeridinae, Neovenericor, Oesterheldia, Pleuromeris, Schizocardita, Thecaliinae, Venericardiinae, Venericardinae, Vetericardiella, Xenocardita
Subtaxa: Miodontiscus prolongatus
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), United States (8: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (3: California)
• Pliocene of Japan (1), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Italy (4), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Alaska)
• Eocene of United States (2: Alabama)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 23 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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