Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative spelling: Venericardia (Megacardita)
Parent taxon: Venericardiinae according to A. G. Beu et al. 1990
See also Fleming 1966, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1939 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Glyptoactis, Malarossia, Pteromeris, Purpurocardia, Trapezicardita, Venericardia, Verticipronus
Subtaxa: Megacardita incrassata Venericardia (Megacardita) japonica Venericardia (Megacardita) osawanoensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (7 collections)
• Pliocene of Japan (4)
• Miocene of Austria (1), France (1), Japan (2), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (6), Slovakia (2), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (2), the Russian Federation (5)
• Eocene of Japan (1), the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 37 collections including 39 occurrences
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