Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Alternative spelling: Cummingia
Parent taxon: Semelidae according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Glenn 1904, Sepkoski 2002 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Abra, Ervilia, Erviliinae, Leptomya, Ligula, Scrobiculariinae, Semele, Semelina, Semelinae, Septeuilia, Theora, Lavignonus
Subtaxa: Cumingia californica Cumingia densilineata Cumingia keittensis Cumingia lamellosa Cumingia medialis Cumingia tellinoides
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cayman Islands (1 collection), Mexico (6), Panama (2), United States (68: California, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Trinidad and Tobago (5), United States (5: California, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of United States (1: California)
• Eocene of United States (1: South Carolina)
Total: 91 collections including 92 occurrences
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