Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae

Alternative spelling: Cytherocardia

Parent taxon: Glossus according to L. R. Cox et al. 1969

See also Adegoke 1977 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Glossus (Aralocardia), Glossus (Glossus), Glossus (Meiocardia), Glossus (Miocardiella), Glossus (Miocardiopsis), Glossus (Sulcocardia), Glossus aquilinus, Glossus filosus, Glossus fraterna, Glossus markoei, Glossus marylandica, Glossus mazlea, Glossus moreauensis, Glossus santamaria, Glossus slatana

Subtaxa: Glossus (Cytherocardia) nigeriana

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry (Paleocene of Nigeria)

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