Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative spellings: Cardita (Pteromeris), Glans (Pteromeris), Venericardia (Pteromeris)
Parent taxon: Venericardiinae according to A. G. Beu et al. 1990
See also Dall 1903, DuBar 1958, Sepkoski 2002 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Glyptoactis, Malarossia, Megacardita, Purpurocardia, Trapezicardita, Venericardia, Verticipronus
Subtaxa: Pteromeris (Coripia) Pteromeris perplana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (19: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina collections)
• Pliocene of Belgium (2), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (16: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene of Denmark (1), France (1), United States (2: South Carolina)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 44 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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