Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative spellings: Cardita (Cyclocardia), Venericardia (Cyclocardia)
Parent taxon: Carditidae according to D. E. Pérez and L. M. Giachetti 2020
See also Beu et al. 1990, Clark and Durham 1946, Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012, Cox et al. 1969, Durham 1944, Hickman 2015, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Matsubara 2002, Moore 1976, Moore 1992, Nielson and Valdovinos 2008, Sepkoski 2002, Uozumi 1955, Vokes 1980, Ward 1992, Ward and Blackwelder 1987 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Ainicardita, Cardiocardita, Cardita, Carditamera, Carditamerinae, Carditesinae, Carditinae, Coanicardita, Crassicardia, Glans, Hippocampocardia, Ludbrookia, Lunulicardita, Miodomeridinae, Miodontiscus, Neovenericor, Oesterheldia, Pleuromeris, Schizocardita, Thecaliinae, Venericardiinae, Venericardinae, Vetericardiella, Xenocardita
Subtaxa: Cardita (Cyclocardia) steinkei Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) Cyclocardia (Cyclocardia) Cyclocardia (Plionema) Cyclocardia (Scalaricardita) Cyclocardia (Vimentum) Cyclocardia abesinaiensis Cyclocardia akagii Cyclocardia borealis Cyclocardia castor Cyclocardia castrana Cyclocardia christiei Cyclocardia compressa Cyclocardia dodairensis Cyclocardia granulata Cyclocardia hannai Cyclocardia hannibali Cyclocardia kurilensis Cyclocardia mesembria Cyclocardia moniligena Cyclocardia novangliae Cyclocardia pseutella Cyclocardia spurca Cyclocardia subtenta Cyclocardia terryi Cyclocardia tokunagai Cyclocardia trentensis Cyclocardia velutinus Cyclocardia yoshidai Cyclocardia zuliana Venericardia (Cyclocardia) ferruginea Venericardia (Cyclocardia) harukii Venericardia (Cyclocardia) otatsumei Venericardia (Cyclocardia) yokoyamai
Type: Cardita borealis
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (4 collections), Argentina (1), Belgium (1), Canada (5: Newfoundland and Labrador), Chile (2), Iceland (3), Israel (1), Japan (3), Peru (1), United States (25: Alaska, California, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Pliocene of Antarctica (2), Belgium (6), Chile (9), Colombia (2), Costa Rica (2), Japan (8), the Netherlands (1), the Russian Federation (5), United States (45: Alaska, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (2: Alaska)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Australia (5), Austria (6), Belgium (2), Colombia (3), Denmark (1), Germany (39), Italy (1), Japan (15), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (21), Slovakia (4), United States (51: Alaska, California, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington), Venezuela (8)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Austria (1), Denmark (6), France (18), Germany (1), Japan (25), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (14), United States (25: Alaska, North Carolina, Oregon, Washington), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (3), Australia (1), Belgium (2), Colombia (1), France (5), Japan (16), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (5), Saudi Arabia (1), the United Kingdom (16), United States (5: Oregon)
• Cretaceous of Italy (1), Mozambique (1), the United Arab Emirates (2)
Total: 446 collections including 550 occurrences
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