Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Synonym: Hemicardia Spengler 1799
Parent taxon: Fraginae according to G. Rosenberg et al. 2006
See also Cox et al. 1969, Kosnik 2002, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthocardiini, Americardia, Chrysocardium, Corculum, Ctenocardia, Fragini, Fragum, Goniocardiini, Lunulicardium, Microfragum, Nemocardium, Trigoniocardia, Chaenocardiola
Subtaxa: Lunulicardia hemicardium Lunulicardia retusa Lunulicardia tumorifera
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of French Polynesia (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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