Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Parent taxon: Myophorella according to E. PĂ©rez et al. 2008
See also Cox 1952
Sister taxa: Myophorella (Clavitrigonia), Myophorella (Clavotrigonia), Myophorella (Haidaia), Myophorella (Orthotrigonia), Myophorella (Scaphogonia), Myophorella (Scaphotrigonia), Myophorella alaskaensis, Myophorella amdoensis, Myophorella argo, Myophorella clavulosa, Myophorella dawsoni, Myophorella devexa, Myophorella formosa, Myophorella freboldi, Myophorella nodulosa, Myophorella orientalis, Myophorella packardi, Myophorella tipperi, Myophorella tuxedniensis, Myophorella yellowstonensis
Subtaxa: Myophorella (Myophorella) araucana Myophorella (Myophorella) bolitoensis Myophorella (Myophorella) clathrata Myophorella (Myophorella) clivosa Myophorella (Myophorella) depereti Myophorella (Myophorella) griesbachi Myophorella (Myophorella) kurri Myophorella (Myophorella) lusitanica Myophorella (Myophorella) reginae Myophorella (Myophorella) spinifera
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (5 collections)
• Jurassic of Argentina (4), Chile (21), France (3), Germany (4), Iran (3), Japan (1), Peru (1), Portugal (11), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 56 collections including 59 occurrences