Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative spelling: Cardiopsis
Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1862. Description of new Paleozoic fossils from Illinois and Iowa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 13:128-148
Parent taxon: Meretrix according to Cossmann 1910
See also Cox et al. 1969, Mandic and Steininger 2003, Meek and Worthen 1862, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Prasad et al. 1988 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Meretrix bosworthi, Meretrix cornelli, Meretrix decisa, Meretrix desvauxi, Meretrix gabbi, Meretrix hikoshimensis, Meretrix indica, Meretrix landesi, Meretrix longa, Meretrix macbeani, Meretrix marshana, Meretrix mortoni, Meretrix negritosensis, Meretrix neusensis, Meretrix nuttalliopsis, Meretrix persica, Meretrix pittsburgensis, Meretrix profunda, Meretrix pseudomeretrix, Meretrix shantii, Meretrix stantoni, Meretrix subimpressa, Meretrix sylvaerupis, Meretrix tularana, Meretrix uniomeris, Meretrix yoakumi
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
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