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

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder