Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative spelling: Cardita (Carditamera)
Synonym: Byssomera
Parent taxon: Carditidae according to L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder 1987
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Cox et al. 1969, da Silva Forti 1969, Dall 1903, DuBar 1958, Oldroyd 1925, Olsson 1967, Rivera 1957, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Ainicardita, Cardiocardita, Cardita, Carditamerinae, Carditesinae, Carditinae, Coanicardita, Crassicardia, Cyclocardia, Glans, Hippocampocardia, Ludbrookia, Lunulicardita, Miodomeridinae, Miodontiscus, Neovenericor, Oesterheldia, Pleuromeris, Schizocardita, Thecaliinae, Venericardiinae, Venericardinae, Vetericardiella, Xenocardita
Subtaxa: Cardita (Carditamera) newelli Cardita (Carditamera) prestoni Cardita (Carditamera) recta Cardita (Carditamera) tegea Cardita (Carditamera) vaughani Carditamera (Carditamera) Carditamera (Lazariella) Carditamera aculeata Carditamera affinis Carditamera arata Carditamera aspera Carditamera catharia Carditamera floridana Carditamera matima Carditamera plata Carditamera radiata Carditamera tegea Carditamera vaughani Carditamera virginiae Carditamera williamsi
Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (4 collections), Ecuador (1), Mexico (10), Panama (1), United States (45: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Panama (1), Trinidad and Tobago (10), United States (25: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (4)
• Miocene of Bulgaria (1), Colombia (1), the Dominican Republic (1), India (1), Panama (3), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (26: Delaware, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (3: Florida)
• Oligocene of Peru (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)
• Eocene of France (1), Peru (7)
• Triassic of Italy (2)
Total: 155 collections including 166 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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