Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative spelling: Cardium (Papyridea)
Parent taxon: Cardiidae according to G. Rosenberg 2005
See also Hendy et al. 2008, Moore 2003, Olsson and Harbison 1953 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Austrocardium, Cerastoderma, Dochmocardia, Europicardium, Goethemia, Hemicardium, Indocardium, Jurassicardium, Laevicardiinae, Lahilliinae, Maoricardium, Monodacna, Neocardiids, Obsoletiforma, Obsoletiformes, Papillicardium, Paradacna, Parvicardium, Parvidacna, Pascoella, Patagonicardium, Perucardia, Plagiocardium, Protocardiinae, Ringicardium, Sawkinsia, Serripes, Trachycardiinae, Goniocardium
Subtaxa: Papyridea aspera Papyridea capsoides Papyridea clenchi Papyridea crockeri Papyridea curvicostata Papyridea harrimani Papyridea hiulcum Papyridea lata Papyridea semisulcata Papyridea soleniformis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Bermuda (1 collection), Costa Rica (1), Cuba (1), Ecuador (1), Haiti (1), Japan (1), Mexico (1), South Africa (1), United States (3: Florida)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Venezuela (3)
• Miocene of Japan (1), the Russian Federation (8), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (11), United States (2: Alaska)
• Eocene of France (1), Japan (1)
Total: 40 collections including 47 occurrences
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