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, Crassicardia, Cyclocardia, Glans, Hippocampocardia, Ludbrookia, Lunulicardita, Miodomeridinae, Miodontiscus, Neovenericor, Oesterheldia, Pleuromeris, Schizocardita, Thecaliinae, Venericardiinae, Venericardinae, Vetericardiella, Xenocardita
Subtaxa: Coanicardita bailyi Coanicardita californica Coanicardita occidentalis Coanicardita ventricosa
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (60: California, Oregon collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (8: California)
• Pliocene of Mexico (1), United States (8: California)
• Miocene of Mexico (1), United States (4: California)
Total: 82 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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