Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Alternative spelling: Miocardiopsis
Parent taxon: Glossus according to L. R. Cox et al. 1969
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Glossus (Aralocardia), Glossus (Cytherocardia), Glossus (Glossus), Glossus (Meiocardia), Glossus (Miocardiella), Glossus (Sulcocardia), Glossus aquilinus, Glossus filosus, Glossus fraterna, Glossus markoei, Glossus marylandica, Glossus mazlea, Glossus santamaria, Glossus slatana
Subtaxa: Miocardiopsis korobkovi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Bulgaria (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Romania (2)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Romania (4), the United Kingdom (2)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), France (1)
• Cretaceous of Denmark (1), Germany (1), Poland (1), United States (4: New Jersey, Texas)
Total: 19 collections including 23 occurrences