Family Palaeocardiidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979 (clam)
Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Palaeocardiidae
Parent taxon: Praecardioidea according to L. A. Nevesskaja 2009
See also Bouchet et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Buchiolidae, Praecardiidae
Subtaxa: Palaeocardia
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of United States (3: Wisconsin collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence