Subfamily Carditinae Fleming 1820 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Parent taxon: Carditidae according to S. Mendir et al. 2021

See also Beu et al. 1990, Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011, Freneix et al. 1988 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Ainicardita, Cardiocardita, Cardita, Carditamera, Carditamerinae, Carditesinae, Coanicardita, Crassicardia, Cyclocardia, Glans, Hippocampocardia, Ludbrookia, Lunulicardita, Miodomeridinae, Miodontiscus, Neovenericor, Oesterheldia, Pleuromeris, Schizocardita, Thecaliinae, Venericardiinae, Venericardinae, Vetericardiella, Xenocardita

Subtaxa: Beguina Cardites Maghrebella Strophocardia

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Ecuador (2), Egypt (3), Mexico (3), Morocco (2), Yemen (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (4)

• Pliocene of Ecuador (2), Greece (1), Panama (3), United States (4: California)

• Miocene of Algeria (4), Austria (8), Bulgaria (5), Colombia (1), Italy (4), Panama (10), Poland (4), Romania (1), Slovakia (2), Spain (2)

• Eocene of Australia (1), United States (1: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Egypt (10)

Total: 80 collections including 87 occurrences

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