Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cardiolidae
Synonym: Cardiopsis Meek and Worthen 1862
Parent taxon: Cardiolidae according to J. Kříž 2007
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Cox et al. 1969, Meek and Worthen 1862, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Cardavia, Cardicarnia, Cardiobeleba, Cardiolinka, Cardiolopsis, Carnalpia, Cominicula, Copenychia, Isiola, Nutricula, Ontaria, Pygolfia, Snoopyia
Subtaxa: Cardiola donigala Cardiola filicostata Cardiola geminans Cardiola lyoni Cardiola retrostriatum Cardiola signata
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Romania (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Iowa, Missouri)
• Devonian of Germany (2)
• Silurian to Devonian of Algeria (1), Mauritania (1)
• Silurian of Algeria (4), Austria (8), China (1), the Czech Republic (24), Estonia (1), Germany (2), Italy (7), Lithuania (6), Morocco (20), Poland (2), the United Kingdom (15), United States (1: Maine), Western Sahara (1)
Total: 100 collections including 139 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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