Family Malleidae Lamarck 1819 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae

Synonyms: Stefaniniellidae Tavani 1939, Vulsellidae Adams 1857

Parent taxon: Pterioidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Adegoke 1977, Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Cox et al. 1969, Eames 1951, El Qot 2006, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Squires 1984 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Bakevelliidae, Cassianellidae, Kochiidae, Pergamidiidae, Plicatostylidae, Pteriidae, Vlastidae, Melinidae

Subtaxa: Aviculovulsa Bouleigmus Chalmasia Euphenax Heligmina Heligmopsis Heligmus Isognomoninae Malleinae Malleus Malvufundus Nayadina Ostreinella Pseudoheligmus Pulvinitinae Stefaniniella Vulsella Vulsellina

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Cuba (2 collections), Ecuador (1), Jamaica (2), Japan (3), Mexico (1), Panama (1), South Africa (2), United States (6: Florida, Hawaii)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)

• Pliocene of Colombia (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Jamaica (2), Japan (1), Panama (2), South Africa (6), United States (3: Virginia)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1)

• Miocene of Algeria (4), Argentina (5), Austria (8), Chile (1), France (2), Greenland (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Morocco (2), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (1), Peru (1), Poland (3), United States (55: California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Oligocene of Austria (2), Germany (3), United States (3: Oregon)

• Eocene of Argentina (1), Australia (3), Bahrain (1), Bulgaria (4), Egypt (5), France (3), India (1), Italy (2), Japan (8), Libya (6), Mexico (2), Pakistan (1), Panama (2), Romania (9), Somalia (1), Spain (1), United States (28: California, Florida, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Pakistan (1)

• Paleocene of Belgium (1), China (1), France (1), Mali (2), Niger (3), Nigeria (1), United States (5: Alabama, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)

• Paleogene of Japan (1)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (6), Argentina (3), Bulgaria (1), Chile (1), China (1), Egypt (7), Germany (2), India (1), Italy (1), Japan (14), Lebanon (1), Libya (1), Madagascar (2), Mexico (1), Morocco (1), New Zealand (5), Nigeria (2), Oman (1), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (6), Serbia and Montenegro (1), South Africa (2), Spain (1), Sweden (3), Tunisia (1), Turkmenistan (1), USSR (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (28: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)

• Jurassic of Algeria (1), Argentina (24), Canada (5: British Columbia), Chile (32), China (7), Egypt (3), France (30), Germany (5), Greenland (84), Hong Kong (1), India (9), Indonesia (2), Iran (3), Italy (4), Japan (3), Kenya (2), Luxembourg (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (1), New Zealand (2), Oman (1), Poland (1), Portugal (56), Romania (4), the Russian Federation (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovenia (3), Somalia (5), Spain (5), Switzerland (2), Tunisia (21), the United Kingdom (54), United States (27: California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming)

• Triassic of Austria (5), Germany (1), Hungary (4), Iran (2), Italy (5), Japan (4), Spain (1)

• Permian of China (3)

Total: 757 collections including 827 occurrences

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