Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 17687
Alternative spellings: Beguina (Glans), Cardita (Glans), Venericardia (Glans)
Parent taxon: Carditidae according to E. J. Moore 1992
Sister taxa: Ainicardita, Cardiocardita, Cardita, Carditamera, Carditamerinae, Carditesinae, Carditinae, Crassicardia, Gujocardita, Ludbrookia, Lunulicardita, Maghrebella, Miodomeridinae, Miodontiscus, Pleuromeris, Schizocardita, Thecaliinae, Venericardiinae, Venericardinae, Vetericardiella, Xenocardita
Subtaxa: Cardita (Glans) quilonensis, Cardita (Glans) scabricostata, Glans (Centrocardita), Glans (Glans), Glans carpenteri, Glans gracilicostata, Glans polynema, Glans rovereti, Glans scabrosa, Glans tasmanica
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder