Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Belongs to Cardita according to W. P. Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Cardita (Actinobolus), Cardita (Bryssomera), Cardita (Cardita), Cardita (Cardites), Cardita (Strophocardia), Cardita alata, Cardita analis, Cardita aoteana, Cardita arduini, Cardita belviderensis, Cardita caribbeanensis, Cardita chamaeformis, Cardita compta, Cardita corbis, Cardita costaeirregularis, Cardita costaenodulosis, Cardita crassicosta, Cardita cuneata, Cardita delicatula, Cardita excrescens, Cardita hanguensis, Cardita jenkinsi, Cardita kalimnae, Cardita manteia, Cardita marmorea, Cardita marwicki, Cardita muricata, Cardita murrayana, Cardita northcrofti, Cardita orbicularis, Cardita platycostata, Cardita preissii, Cardita protracta, Cardita pusilla, Cardita scalaris, Cardita senilis, Cardita shepardi, Cardita solida, Cardita spinulosa, Cardita trigonalis, Cardita triparticostata, Cardita unica, Cardita variabilis, Cardita variegata, Carditia excavata

Type specimen: PRI 22823, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder