Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Parent taxon: Pitarinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Skwarko 1967
Sister taxa: Amiantis, Callocardia, Callpita, Hysteroconcha, Saxidomus, Loxo, Costacallista, Dollfusia, Dosiniopsis, Notocallista, Gilbertharrisella, Lepidocardia, Larma, Marwickia, Callistalox, Rohea, Rhaiphiale, Pseudaphrodina, Pseudamiantis, Lamelliconcha, Austrocallista, Callistina, Nitidavenus, Mesocallista, Pelecyora, Rhabdopitaria, Lioconcha, Chimela, Katherinella, Agriopoma, Goshoraia, Egrona, Naulia, Pitar, Trigonocallista, Nutricola
Subtaxa: Aphrodina (Aphrodina) Aphrodina (Sechurina) Aphrodina (Tikia) Aphrodina angustosinuosa Aphrodina dutrugei Aphrodina gabonensis Aphrodina plana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (41 collections)
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (2), Algeria (1), Argentina (44), Australia (2), Austria (1), Bolivia (1), Bulgaria (1), Cameroon (3), Chile (1), Colombia (1), Cuba (1), Egypt (1), Gabon (3), India (4), Japan (11), Jordan (1), Libya (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (3), Mozambique (6), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (6), Peru (4), the Russian Federation (2), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (105: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas), Venezuela (1)
Total: 254 collections including 283 occurrences
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