Family Pholadomyidae King 1844 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae

Synonym: Arcomyidae Fischer 1887

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

See also Aberhan 2004, Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Ronchetti 1970, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Scholz et al. 2008, Squires 1987 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Aksumya, Arenigomyidae, Barcoona, Chaenomyidae, Margaritariidae, Sphenolium, Ucumariidae

Subtaxa: Agrawalimya Anomalopleuroidea Arcomya Cortinia Deltamya Dianomya Girardotia Goniomya Homomya Homoya Machomya Molukkana Neoburmesia Osteomya Pachymya Parilimya Pholadomya Pholadomyinae Rhytimya Tetorimya Triplicosta

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Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Belgium (3 collections), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), the United Kingdom (2), Venezuela (4)

• Miocene of Bulgaria (1), Chile (2), Colombia (1), Cyprus (1), Germany (1), India (1), Japan (1), Malta (1), Moldova (2), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), Slovakia (1), Taiwan (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (1: California), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)

• Oligocene of Austria (1), Bulgaria (1), Germany (1), Hungary (2), the Russian Federation (4), United States (2: California, Mississippi)

• Eocene of Bulgaria (2), Chile (1), China (2), Germany (1), Italy (2), Japan (8), Mexico (2), Romania (4), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (6), United States (46: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas)

• Paleocene to Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)

• Paleocene of Austria (1), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (3), China (2), Denmark (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (26: California, Maryland, Tennessee, Virginia)

• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Angola (4), Antarctica (9), Argentina (25), Australia (1), Austria (4), Bolivia (1), Brazil (6), Bulgaria (1), Cameroon (7), Canada (20: Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatachewan), Chile (8), Cuba (1), the Czech Republic (1), Denmark (2), Egypt (39), Ethiopia (1), France (19), Gabon (7), Germany (5), Greenland (1), Hungary (2), India (3), Iran (3), Italy (3), Jamaica (2), Japan (25), Jordan (2), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (4), Madagascar (1), Mexico (13), Morocco (1), Mozambique (7), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), Niger (1), Nigeria (4), Oman (3), Pakistan (1), Peru (8), Poland (12), Portugal (4), the Russian Federation (20), Saudi Arabia (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), South Africa (5), Spain (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Switzerland (18), Tanzania (3), USSR (3), Ukraine (1), the United Arab Emirates (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (105: Alabama, Arizona, California, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Venezuela (1), Yemen (3)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Chile (1)

• Jurassic of Afghanistan (2), Antarctica (1), Argentina (10), Bulgaria (5), Canada (33: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), Chile (166), China (11), Colombia (1), Denmark (2), Egypt (5), Eritrea (2), Ethiopia (24), France (67), Germany (23), Greenland (75), Hungary (6), India (62), Indonesia (1), Iran (9), Italy (5), Japan (10), Jordan (31), Kenya (15), Luxembourg (3), Madagascar (15), Mexico (6), Morocco (2), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (18), Poland (6), Portugal (16), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (14), Saudi Arabia (71), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Slovakia (1), Somalia (12), Spain (137), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (14), Switzerland (3), Tanzania (12), Thailand (4), Tunisia (28), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (82), United States (42: Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, Wyoming ), Vietnam (1), Yemen (14)

• Triassic to Jurassic of Singapore (1)

• Triassic of Argentina (2), Austria (15), China (7), Colombia (1), France (9), Germany (4), Hungary (4), Indonesia (5), Iran (10), Israel (1), Italy (13), Japan (2), the Russian Federation (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (7: Alaska, Nevada, Utah)

• Permian of Australia (7), Brazil (1), Canada (8: Yukon), Greenland (1), India (1), Madagascar (1), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (20)

• Pennsylvanian of Mongolia (1)

• Carboniferous to Permian of the Russian Federation (1)

• Carboniferous of Brazil (1), Peru (3), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (1)

• Silurian of Canada (1: Ontario), United States (1: New York)

• Ordovician of Canada (8: Ontario, Quebec), United States (31: Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia)

Total: 1858 collections including 2531 occurrences

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