Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative spelling: Venericardia (Glyptoactis)
Full reference: R. B. Stewart. 1930. Gabb's California Cretaceous and Tertiary type lamellibranchs. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Special Publication 3:1-314
Parent taxon: Venericardiinae according to L. W. Ward 1992
See also Beu et al. 1990, Clark and Durham 1946, Gardner and Bowles 1939, Moore 1992, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Squires and Demetrion 1992, Verástegui 1953, Vokes 1939 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Malarossia, Megacardita, Pteromeris, Purpurocardia, Trapezicardita, Venericardia, Verticipronus
Subtaxa: Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) Glyptoactis alticostata Glyptoactis paraguanensis Venericardia (Glyptoactis) aversa Venericardia (Glyptoactis) carmenensis Venericardia (Glyptoactis) charanalensis Venericardia (Glyptoactis) hadra Venericardia (Glyptoactis) metaicha Venericardia (Glyptoactis) mutabilis Venericardia (Glyptoactis) serricosta Venericardia (Glyptoactis) stenygra
Type: Venericardia hadra
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Colombia (3 collections), the Dominican Republic (1), Venezuela (10)
• Miocene of Argentina (4), Colombia (37), the Dominican Republic (5), India (1), New Zealand (3), Panama (17), the Philippines (1), United States (20: Florida), Venezuela (3)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), United States (13: Florida)
• Oligocene of Argentina (2), New Zealand (4), Peru (1), United States (2: Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene of Australia (2), Belgium (3), Colombia (12), Egypt (2), India (5), Jamaica (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (17), Pakistan (2), the United Kingdom (5), United States (122: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene of Germany (2), Libya (1), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (19: Alabama, California, South Carolina, Texas)
• Triassic of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 327 collections including 358 occurrences
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