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Superfamily Cardioidea Lamarck 1809 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida

PaleoDB taxon number: 89018

Alternative spelling: Cardiacea

Parent taxon: Cardioidei according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

Sister taxon: Tellinoidea

Subtaxa: Cardiidae, Lahillidae, Lymnocardiidae, Pterocardiidae

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder