†Pterocardia Bayan 1874 (clam)
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
Parent taxon: Megalodontidae according to W. Kiessling 2003
Sister taxa: Conchodon, Gemmellarodus, Megalodon, Neomegalodon, Pachyrisma, Protomegalodon, Quemocuomegalodon, Rhaetomegalodon, Triadomegalodon
Subtaxa: Pterocardia eparcyensis, Pterocardia pesbovis, Pterocardia subminuta
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder