Alternative spelling: Microdon (Cypricardella)
Invalid subtaxa: Microdon Conrad 1842 [replaced name], Microdonella Oehlert 1881
Full reference: J. Hall. 1856. Description of new species of fossils from the Carboniferous limestones of Indiana and Illinois. Transactions of the Albany Institute 4:1-36
Parent taxon: Veneroida according to M. R. W. Amler 2004
See also Conrad 1842, Machado et al. 2021, McAlester 1962, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980, Whitfield 1882 and Williams and Breger 1916
Sister taxa: Adansonella, Aliodonax, Andrusovicardium, Aphaea, Arcticina, Bungoella, Carditacea, Carditellopsis, Caspimactra, Chartocardium, Chlamydoconchacea, Corbiculoidea, Corbuloidea, Cryptocoelopis, Cterocardia, Cyrenoidoidea, Dacicardium, Dobrogimactra, Dreissenoitei, Ergenica, Farisia, Fischericardium, Fuscocardium, Geoffbondia, Glycydonta, Hubeiconcha, Kellielloidea, Korobkoviella, Leporimetus, Leptonoidea, Leukomoides, Leuroactis, Liromissus, Loxoglypta, Lucinina, Luniulicardia, Luxuridacna, Mancosinodia, Mesochione, Miricardium, Neotapes, Neovenerella, Nilobia, Nipponomarcia, Olssonella, Osoinia, Paraarctica, Patagocardia, Plicatiforma, Protagelus, Pseudoarcopagia, Pseudopermorphus, Rochella, Sarmaticardium, Sarmatidonax, Scrobicularioidea, Siungiudella, Sublandinia, Subvenericardia, Taiwancorbicula, Taiwanobarnea, Tancretella, Tentidonox, Tenuimactra, Tivellina, Tridacnoidea, Trigonocrassatella, Urbnisia, Venericardiella, Veneroitei, Verchojanogrammysia
Subtaxa: Cypricardella amarassiensis Cypricardella petschorica Cypricardella subalata Cypricardella tenuistriata Cypricardella trapezoidalis Microdon (Cypricardella) connatus Microdon (Cypricardella) macrostriatus
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Indonesia (1 collection), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta), the United Kingdom (6), United States (14: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Wyoming)
• Devonian of Australia (4), Brazil (3), Canada (1: New Brunswick), China (6), Germany (5), Luxembourg (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (130: Alaska, Maryland, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Silurian of Argentina (1)
• Ordovician of China (1)
Total: 181 collections including 190 occurrences
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