Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative spelling: Cardita (Cardites)
Parent taxon: Carditinae according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Freneix et al. 1988, Keen 1971 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Beguina, Maghrebella, Strophocardia
Subtaxa: Cardites antiquata Cardites crassicostata Cardites ovalis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Ecuador (1), Egypt (3), Mexico (2), Morocco (2), Yemen (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (4)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (2), Greece (1), Panama (3)
• Miocene of Algeria (4), Austria (7), Bulgaria (5), Italy (4), Panama (10), Poland (4), Slovakia (2), Spain (2)
• Eocene of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 59 collections including 63 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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