Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Parent taxon: Cardiomya according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Jung 1996
Sister taxa: Cardiomya (Bowdenia), Cardiomya anaticepsella, Cardiomya comstockensis, Cardiomya costellata, Cardiomya didyma, Cardiomya domenginica, Cardiomya elegantissima, Cardiomya gouldiana, Cardiomya mansfieldi, Cardiomya ornatissima, Cardiomya pavascotti, Cardiomya pectinata, Cardiomya silverensis, Cardiomya turneri, Cuspidaria (Cardiomya) alkiensis
Subtaxa: Cardiomya (Cardiomya) islahispaniolae Cardiomya (Cardiomya) soriensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), Haiti (1), Jamaica (2), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (15), Panama (1), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Denmark (2)
• Paleocene of India (1)
Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences