Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Parent taxon: Carditidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Adegoke 1977, Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Cox et al. 1969, Dockery 1982, Freneix et al. 1988, Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska 1984, Hickman 2015, Moore 1976, Vokes 1980 and Ward 1992
Sister taxa: Ainicardita, Cardiocardita, Cardita, Carditamera, Carditesinae, Carditinae, Coanicardita, Crassicardia, Cyclocardia, Glans, Hippocampocardia, Ludbrookia, Lunulicardita, Miodomeridinae, Miodontiscus, Neovenericor, Oesterheldia, Pleuromeris, Schizocardita, Thecaliinae, Venericardiinae, Venericardinae, Vetericardiella, Xenocardita
Subtaxa: Cossmannella Cretocardia Fenestricardita Goossensia Izumicardia Tutcheria
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (2 collections), Nigeria (1)
• Paleocene of France (1)
• Cretaceous of India (1), Japan (5), Mozambique (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of China (2), Denmark (1), France (1), Germany (4), Italy (4), Japan (1), Peru (2), Portugal (3), the United Kingdom (11)
• Triassic of Argentina (1), Canada (3: British Columbia), Iran (1), the Netherlands (2), Peru (3), the United Kingdom (3), United States (16: Alaska, Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 71 collections including 82 occurrences