Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Full reference: E. Holzapfel. 1889. Die Cephalopoden-führenden Kalke des unteren Carbon von Erdbach-Breitscheid bei Herborn. Paläontologische Abhandlungen 5:1-74
Parent taxon: Lunulicardiidae according to K. S. W. Campbell and B. A. Engel 1963
Sister taxa: Acanthocardiini, Americardia, Chrysocardium, Corculum, Ctenocardia, Fragini, Fragum, Goniocardiini, Lunulicardia, Lunulicardium, Microfragum, Nemocardium, Trigoniocardia
Subtaxa: Chaenocardiola haliotoidea Chaenocardiola triangulata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Australia (2 collections), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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