†family Scaphellinidae Newell and Ciriacks 1962 (clam)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Scaphellinidae
Full reference: N. D. Newell and K.W. Ciriacks. 1962. A new bivalve from the Permian of the western United States. American Museum Novitates 2121:1-4
Parent taxon: Trigonioidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Newell and Ciriacks 1962 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Scaphellina
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: