Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative spelling: Apiocardia
Parent taxon: Trigoniocardia according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cardium (Trigoniocardia) ballenium, Cardium (Trigoniocardia) cabopasadum, Cardium (Trigoniocardia) gadsdenense, Trigoniocardia (Goniacardia), Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia), Trigoniocardia carolinae, Trigoniocardia cordeliae, Trigoniocardia graniferum, Trigoniocardia heredia, Trigoniocardia sambaicum
Subtaxa: Apiocardia obovale Apiocardia spiekeri Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) antillarum Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) heridia Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) simrothi Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) subovalis
Type: Cardium subovale
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), Ecuador (3), Panama (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), Ecuador (1), Panama (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Venezuela (4)
• Miocene of Colombia (29), Panama (9), United States (6: Florida), Venezuela (1)
Total: 60 collections each including a single occurrence