†family Pterocardiidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979 (clam)
PaleoDB taxon number: 161557
Parent taxon: Cardioidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Cardiidae, Lahillidae, Lymnocardiidae
Subtaxa: Pterocardia, Pterocardiinae, Tulongocardiinae
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder