Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Alternative spellings: Isocardia (Meiocardia), Miocardia
Parent taxon: Glossidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Hendy 2007, Sepkoski 2002, Traub 1938 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Blagraveia, Glossus, Rakhia, Isocardia, Isocardioides, Fissilunula, Bucardia
Subtaxa: Meiocardia agassizi Meiocardia carolinae Meiocardia colombiana Meiocardia moltkiana Meiocardia susukii Miocardia atava
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (2)
• Pliocene of India (1)
• Miocene of Germany (6), Grenada (2), Italy (2), Vanuatu (1)
• Eocene of Colombia (1), Jamaica (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (9: California, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Bulgaria (2), Sweden (1)
• Cretaceous of Denmark (1)
Total: 32 collections including 33 occurrences
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