Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Parent taxon: Acanthocardia according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Freneix et al. 1988
Sister taxa: Acanthocardia (Agnocardia), Acanthocardia (Schedocardia), Acanthocardia afra, Acanthocardia becksii, Acanthocardia brunettii, Acanthocardia hanseata, Acanthocardia maputi, Acanthocardia massintonti, Acanthocardia mozambensis, Acanthocardia paucicostata, Cardium (Acanthocardia) cheribonense
Subtaxa: Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) aculeata Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinata Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) kirkerensis Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) reedi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ireland (1 collection), Italy (1), Morocco (1), Poland (1)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Cyprus (1), Greece (2), Iceland (1), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Miocene of Algeria (3), Italy (2), Spain (1), United States (3: California)
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences