Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative spelling: Cardium (Clinocardium)
Full reference: A. M. Keen. 1936. A new pelecypod genus of the family Cardiidae. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 8(17):119-120
Parent taxon: Clinocardiinae according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan et al. 2000, Durham 1944, Faustman 1964, Kafanov 2002, Keen 1936, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Ciliatocardium, Profulviini, Serripedini
Subtaxa: Clinocardium (Clinocardium) Clinocardium (Keenocardium) Clinocardium blandum Clinocardium bulowi Clinocardium comoxense Clinocardium fucanum Clinocardium okushirense Clinocardium scapoosense Clinocardium sookensis Clinocardium yakatagense
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), Japan (1), Mexico (1), United States (62: Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Pliocene of Japan (11), the Russian Federation (2), United States (9: Alaska, California, Oregon)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (2: California)
• Miocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), India (1), Japan (14), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (20), United States (26: Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), Japan (13), the Russian Federation (5), United States (6: Alaska, California, Washington)
• Eocene of United States (2: Oregon)
Total: 180 collections including 209 occurrences
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