Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Parent taxon: Carditamera according to Conrad 1838
See also da Silva Forti 1969
Sister taxa: Cardita (Carditamera) newelli, Cardita (Carditamera) prestoni, Cardita (Carditamera) recta, Cardita (Carditamera) tegea, Cardita (Carditamera) vaughani, Carditamera (Lazariella), Carditamera aculeata, Carditamera affinis, Carditamera arata, Carditamera aspera, Carditamera catharia, Carditamera floridana, Carditamera matima, Carditamera plata, Carditamera radiata, Carditamera tegea, Carditamera vaughani, Carditamera virginiae, Carditamera williamsi
Subtaxa: Carditamera (Carditamera) dasytes Carditamera (Carditamera) defuniak
Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Panama (1 collection), Trinidad and Tobago (7), United States (2: Florida)
• Miocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (7: Florida)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence