Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative spellings: Claibornicardia, Venericardia (Claibornicardia)
Parent taxon: Glyptoactis according to E. J. Moore 1992
See also Palmer and Brann 1965, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Squires and Demetrion 1992 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia), Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis), Glyptoactis alticostata, Glyptoactis paraguanensis, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) aversa, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) carmenensis, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) charanalensis, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) hadra, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) metaicha, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) mutabilis, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) serricosta, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) stenygra
Subtaxa: Claibornicardia carinata Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) domenginica Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) keenae Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) marksi Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) sandiegoensis Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata Venericardia (Claibornicardia) nasuta Venericardia (Claibornicardia) trapaquara
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (3 collections), Jamaica (1), Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (116: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene of the Russian Federation (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (9: Alabama, California, South Carolina, Texas)
Total: 137 collections including 157 occurrences