Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Parent taxon: Cardiidae according to G. Wienrich 1999
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Austrocardium, Cerastoderma, Dochmocardia, Europicardium, Goethemia, Hemicardium, Indocardium, Jurassicardium, Laevicardiinae, Lahilliinae, Maoricardium, Monodacna, Neocardiids, Obsoletiforma, Obsoletiformes, Papyridea, Paradacna, Parvicardium, Parvidacna, Pascoella, Patagonicardium, Perucardia, Plagiocardium, Protocardiinae, Ringicardium, Sawkinsia, Serripes, Trachycardiinae, Goniocardium
Subtaxa: Papillicardium turtoni
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of South Africa (4 collections)
• Miocene of Morocco (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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