Meiocardia Adams and A. 1857 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Alternative spelling: Isocardia (Meiocardia)
Parent taxon: Glossidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Hendy 2007, Sepkoski 2002 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxon: Glossus
Subtaxa: Meiocardia agassizi Meiocardia carolinae Meiocardia colombiana Meiocardia moltkiana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection)
• Pliocene of India (1)
• Miocene of Germany (6), Grenada (2), Italy (2), Vanuatu (1)
• Eocene of Colombia (1), Jamaica (1), United States (7: North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Sweden (1)
• Cretaceous of Denmark (1)
Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences
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