Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Parent taxon: Venericardiinae according to A. G. Beu et al. 1990
See also Beu 2006 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Glyptoactis, Malarossia, Megacardita, Pteromeris, Trapezicardita, Venericardia, Verticipronus
Subtaxa: Purpurocardia beata Purpurocardia fyfei Purpurocardia haskelli Purpurocardia lillei Purpurocardia penerectangularis Purpurocardia perscrupulosa Purpurocardia purpurata Purpurocardia southlandica Purpurocardia titirangiensis Purpurocardia urutiensis Purpurocardia waikohuensis
Type: Cardita purpurata
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Pliocene of India (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), New Zealand (6)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1), Pakistan (1)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (4)
• Cretaceous of New Zealand (1)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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