Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Parent taxon: Inoceramidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anopaeinae, Arcticeramus, Arctomytiloides, Birostrina, Cataceramus, Cladoceramus, Coloniceraminae, Cremnoceramus, Heroceramus, Inaequiceramus, Inoceraminae, Inoceramus, Inoceramya, Kymatoceramus, Lenella, Magadiceramus, Mytiloides, Neocomiceramus, Parainoceramya, Pseudomytiloides, Retroceramus, Sachalinoceraminae, Sergipia, Silberlingia, Sphaeroceramus, Sphenoceramus, Spyridoceramus, Tenuipteria, Tethyoceramus, Trochoceramus, Turkmenia, Volviceramus, Coloniceramus, Haenleinia
Subtaxa: Platyceramus cycloides Platyceramus platinus
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (2 collections), Bulgaria (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), France (4), Germany (1), India (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Peru (6), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (34), Turkey (3), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), United States (23: Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 81 collections including 107 occurrences
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