Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Parent taxon: Pleuriocardiinae according to J. A. Schneider 1995
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Pleuriocardia (Dochmocardia) Pleuriocardia (Incacardium) Pleuriocardia kansasense Pleuriocardia vaughani
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Peru (3 collections)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Egypt (1), Italy (2), Libya (1), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (50: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas)
Total: 63 collections including 75 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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