Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Full reference: D. E. Pérez and L. M. Giachetti. 2020. Is Cyclocardia (Conrad) a wastebasket taxon? Exploring the phylogeny of the most diverse genus of the Carditidae (Archiheterodonta, Bivalvia). Palaeontology 1-19

Parent taxon: Carditidae according to D. E. Pérez and L. M. Giachetti 2020

Sister taxa: Ainicardita, Cardiocardita, Cardita, Carditamera, Carditamerinae, Carditesinae, Carditinae, Coanicardita, Crassicardia, Cyclocardia, Glans, Hippocampocardia, Ludbrookia, Lunulicardita, Miodomeridinae, Miodontiscus, Neovenericor, Pleuromeris, Schizocardita, Thecaliinae, Venericardiinae, Venericardinae, Vetericardiella, Xenocardita

Subtaxa: Oesterheldia cannada Oesterheldia dalek

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Type: Venericardia cannada

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Oesterheldia in the database

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