Carditella Smith 1881 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Condylocardiidae

Parent taxon: Carditellinae according to D. PĂ©rez 2019

See also Adegoke 1977, Dockery 1982, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Oostingh 1935, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Carditella (Carditella) Carditella (Carditellona) Carditella aldrichi Carditella pitufina Carditella pulchella Carditella regularis Carditella semen

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Chile (1), South Africa (2)

• Pliocene of Argentina (1), Indonesia (2), South Africa (5)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), Indonesia (2)

• Oligocene of United States (2: Mississippi)

• Eocene of United States (1: Alabama)

• Paleocene of Nigeria (1)

Total: 19 collections including 21 occurrences

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