†family Hippocardiidae Pojeta and Runnegar 1976 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae

Full reference: J. Pojeta and B. Runnegar. 1976. The paleontology of rostroconch mollusks and the early history of the phylum Mollusca. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 968:1-88

Parent taxon: Hippocardioidea according to N. S. Rogalla and M.R.W. Amler 2006

See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Pojeta and Runnegar 1976

Sister taxa: Bransoniidae, Pseudobigaleaidae

Subtaxa: Babinicardiinae Barrandeicardia Bieberiana Bohemicardiinae Cartericardia Fraipontia Goticardiinae Hippocardia Hoareicardia Pojetorum

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Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Chesterian of United States (2: Ohio collections)

• Osagean of United States (3: Ohio)

• Carboniferous of Belgium (1), Iran (4), Ireland (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (2: Kentucky, Ohio)

• Mississippian of United States (1: California)

• Devonian of Antarctica (1), Australia (6), Canada (5: Ontario), the Czech Republic (2), France (1), Germany (7), Italy (3), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (26: Alaska, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio)

• Silurian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)

Total: 78 collections including 93 occurrences

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