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
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