Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Full reference: D. E. Pérez and C. J. del Río. 2017. Systematics of the family Carditidae (Bivalvia: Archiheterodonta) in the Cenozoic of Argentina. Zootaxa 4338(1):51 -84
Parent taxon: Carditidae according to D. E. Pérez and C. J. del Río 2017
Sister taxa: Ainicardita, Cardiocardita, Cardita, Carditamera, Carditamerinae, Carditesinae, Carditinae, Coanicardita, Crassicardia, Cyclocardia, Glans, Hippocampocardia, Kalelia, Ludbrookia, Lunulicardita, Miodomeridinae, Miodontiscus, Neovenericor, Oesterheldia, Pleuromeris, Schizocardita, Thecaliinae, Venericardiinae, Venericardinae, Vetericardiella, Xenocardita
Subtaxa: Darwinicardia angusticostata Darwinicardia patagonica
Type: Cardita patagonica
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (5 collections), Chile (3)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (4)
• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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