Family Cardiidae Lamarck 1809 (cockle)
PaleoDB taxon number: 59532
Synonym: Goniocardiidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979 (taxon 161605)
Parent taxon: Cardioidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Lahillidae, Lymnocardiidae, Pterocardiidae
Subtaxa: Austrocardium, Cerastoderma, Dochmocardia, Europicardium, Goethemia, Goniocardium, Granocardium, Hemicardium, Indocardium, Jurassicardium, Laevicardiinae, Lahilliinae, Monodacna, Nemocardium, Neocardiids, Obsoletiforma, Obsoletiformes, Papillicardium, Papyridea, Paradacna, Parvicardium, Parvidacna, Pascoella, Patagonicardium, Perucardia, Plagiocardium, Protocardiinae, Ringicardium, Sawkinsia, Serripes, Trachycardiinae
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder