Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Parent taxon: Pleuromyoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Aberhan 2004, Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Scholz et al. 2008 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxon: Ceratomyidae
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (4), Canada (7: British Columbia, Northwest Territories), Chile (1), Ecuador (1), Gabon (4), Germany (2), Japan (2), Lebanon (1), Mexico (2), Mozambique (2), New Zealand (12), Papua New Guinea (1), the Russian Federation (23), South Africa (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (10: California)
• Heterian of New Zealand (4)
• Temaikan of New Zealand (4)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Chile (1)
• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1), Antarctica (2), Argentina (2), Bulgaria (7), Canada (43: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), Chile (115), China (9), Denmark (3), Egypt (1), France (66), Germany (19), Greenland (113), India (45), Iran (5), Italy (2), Japan (5), Kenya (2), Luxembourg (2), Madagascar (4), Mexico (3), New Zealand (17), North Atlantic (1), Poland (8), Portugal (12), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (13), Saudi Arabia (23), Serbia and Montenegro (6), Spain (98), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (9), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (8), Tunisia (9), the United Kingdom (121), United States (13: Alaska, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Texas), Yemen (1)
• Triassic to Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of Austria (12), China (6), Colombia (2), France (3), Germany (11), Hungary (21), Indonesia (2), Iran (2), Israel (2), Italy (13), Japan (4), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (11), Spain (11), the United Arab Emirates (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (8: Alaska, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming), Vietnam (1)
Total: 990 collections including 1131 occurrences