Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Parent taxon: Carditidae according to D. Frassinetti and V. Covacevich 1999
See also Frassinetti and Covacevich 1995, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Malumian et al. 1978, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Ainicardita, Cardita, Carditamera, Carditamerinae, Carditesinae, Carditinae, Coanicardita, Crassicardia, Cyclocardia, Glans, Hippocampocardia, Ludbrookia, Lunulicardita, Miodomeridinae, Miodontiscus, Neovenericor, Oesterheldia, Pleuromeris, Schizocardita, Thecaliinae, Venericardiinae, Venericardinae, Vetericardiella, Xenocardita
Subtaxa: Cardiocardita (Bathycardita) Cardiocardita ajar Cardiocardita inaequalis
Type: Cardita ajar
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of Chile (3), the Philippines (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (2), the Russian Federation (1)
• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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