Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Parent taxon: Carditidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ainicardita, Cardiocardita, Cardita, Carditamera, Carditamerinae, Carditesinae, Carditinae, Coanicardita, Crassicardia, Cyclocardia, Glans, Hippocampocardia, Ludbrookia, Lunulicardita, Miodomeridinae, Miodontiscus, Neovenericor, Oesterheldia, Pleuromeris, Schizocardita, Thecaliinae, Venericardiinae, Venericardinae, Xenocardita
Subtaxa: Vetericardiella benedeni
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Denmark (1 collection), United States (7: Texas)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1), Denmark (2), United States (135: Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 146 collections including 153 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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