Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative spelling: Vasticardium
Parent taxon: Acrosterigma according to A. J. W. Hendy 2007
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Acrosterigma (Ovicardium), Acrosterigma abrolhense, Acrosterigma amirante, Acrosterigma attenuatum, Acrosterigma burchardi, Acrosterigma capicorne, Acrosterigma cygnorum, Acrosterigma dalli, Acrosterigma dianthinum, Acrosterigma discus, Acrosterigma hobbsae, Acrosterigma kerslakae, Acrosterigma linguatigris, Acrosterigma maculosum, Acrosterigma magnum, Acrosterigma mauritianum, Acrosterigma paulayi, Acrosterigma pristipleura, Acrosterigma profundum, Acrosterigma punctolineatum, Acrosterigma reeveanum, Acrosterigma simplex, Acrosterigma sorenseni, Acrosterigma suluanum, Acrosterigma transcendens, Acrosterigma unicolor, Acrosterigma uniornatum, Acrosterigma variegatum
Subtaxa: Acrosterigma (Vasticardium) arenicola Vasticardium angulatum Vasticardium assimile Vasticardium elongatum Vasticardium enode Vasticardium fidele Vasticardium hyllebergi Vasticardium kenyanum Vasticardium neokenyanum Vasticardium orbita Vasticardium papuanum Vasticardium pectiniforme Vasticardium philipinense Vasticardium pulicarium Vasticardium rubicundum Vasticardium sewelli Vasticardium somnueki Vasticardium subrugosum Vasticardium terpoorteni Vasticardium vertebratum
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (3 collections), Eritrea (1), Japan (2), Mayotte (1), Sudan (1), Tonga (2), United States (2: Hawaii)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (2)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (3), India (1), Indonesia (2), Japan (6), the Russian Federation (2), Vanuatu (1)
Total: 30 collections including 35 occurrences