Suborder Leptonidina Dall 1889 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida

Parent taxon: Cardiida according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Anthracosiidina, Cardiidina, Cardioidea, Gastrochaenidina, Kalenteroidea, Tellinoidea

Subtaxa: Cyamioidea

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (4 collections), Ecuador (1), Japan (4), New Zealand (1), United States (32: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)

• Pliocene of Antarctica (1), Australia (1), Jamaica (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: California, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene of Australia (2), Austria (1), Colombia (2), France (1), Germany (1), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (3), United States (27: Florida, New Jersey)

• Oligocene of United States (10: Mississippi)

• Eocene of Saudi Arabia (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (7: Alabama, Texas)

• Paleocene of Australia (2), Belgium (1), United States (6: Alabama, Texas)

• Cretaceous of United States (2: South Dakota)

• Permian of Pakistan (1)

Total: 127 collections including 166 occurrences

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