Superfamily Philobryoidea Bernard 1897 (clam)
Parent taxon: Arcida according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Coan et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Antoneila, Arcoidea, Austracuculiaea, Ekaterdonta, Glycymeridoidea, Glycymeroidea, Glyptarcoidea, Limopsoidea, Okinawanoarca, Pentoperna, Pitchleria
Subtaxa: Philobryidae
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (5 collections), Argentina (2), French Polynesia (1), United States (7: California)
• Miocene of New Zealand (2)
• Oligocene of Australia (2)
• Eocene of Australia (3)
• Triassic of China (14)
Total: 36 collections including 40 occurrences