Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae
Synonyms: Neklaniidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979, Pararcidae Ulrich 1894
Parent taxon: Praecardioidea according to J. Kříž 2007
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Buchiolidae, Palaeocardiidae
Subtaxa: Buchiola Cardiolinae Dexiobiinae Fentounia Kralovna Manulicula Mucopraeca Neklania Praecardiinae Praecardium Pseudocostatoria Telycardia Tewoella Vetupraeca
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (5: Iowa, Missouri collections)
• Devonian of Brazil (1), Canada (4: Northwest Territories and Yukon, Nunavut), China (3), the Czech Republic (12), France (1), Germany (13), Morocco (2), Poland (1), South Africa (3), Spain (9), United States (25: Maryland, New York, Ohio)
• Jaani of Estonia (1)
• Silurian to Devonian of Italy (1)
• Silurian of Austria (1), China (4), the Czech Republic (13), Italy (2), Morocco (1), Poland (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Ordovician of the Czech Republic (1)
Total: 108 collections including 128 occurrences