Synonym: Corbiculacea Gray 1847 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Veneroida according to L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder 1987
See also Coan et al. 2000, Nevesskaja 2009, Ride et al. 1999 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Adansonella, Aliodonax, Andrusovicardium, Aphaea, Arcticina, Bungoella, Carditacea, Carditellopsis, Caspimactra, Chartocardium, Chlamydoconchacea, Corbuloidea, Cryptocoelopis, Cterocardia, Cypricardella, Cyrenoidoidea, Dacicardium, Dobrogimactra, Dreissenoitei, Ergenica, Farisia, Fischericardium, Fuscocardium, Geoffbondia, Glycydonta, Hubeiconcha, Kellielloidea, Korobkoviella, Leporimetus, Leptonoidea, Leukomoides, Leuroactis, Liromissus, Loxoglypta, Lucinina, Luniulicardia, Luxuridacna, Mancosinodia, Mesochione, Miricardium, Neotapes, Neovenerella, Nilobia, Nipponomarcia, Olssonella, Osoinia, Paraarctica, Patagocardia, Plicatiforma, Protagelus, Pseudoarcopagia, Pseudopermorphus, Rochella, Sarmaticardium, Sarmatidonax, Scrobicularioidea, Siungiudella, Sublandinia, Subvenericardia, Taiwancorbicula, Taiwanobarnea, Tancretella, Tentidonox, Tenuimactra, Tivellina, Tridacnoidea, Trigonocrassatella, Urbnisia, Venericardiella, Veneroitei, Verchojanogrammysia
Subtaxa: Corbiculidae Limnocyrenidae
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (1), China (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (2), Egypt (5), India (1), Japan (4), Kenya (1), Sudan (2), Tanzania (1), Thailand (1), United States (8: California, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (2), Mexico (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (9), Japan (1), Malawi (1), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Argentina (2), Colombia (1), France (1), Greece (1), Indonesia (2), Japan (4), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (5), United States (2: California)
• Oligocene of Austria (2), Belgium (5), Canada (1: British Columbia), France (12), Germany (5), Hungary (2), Iran (1), Japan (17), Myanmar (1), Panama (1), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (3), United States (6: Alaska, California, Washington)
• Eocene of Colombia (1), Egypt (1), France (1), Greenland (3), Indonesia (2), Italy (1), Japan (21), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (15), United States (19: Alabama, Alaska, California, Oregon, Texas, Washington)
• Paleogene of Japan (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (18), Australia (1), Belgium (2), Nigeria (1), the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (2), United States (5: California, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (9), Canada (3: Alberta), Chile (2), China (5), France (2), Germany (1), Japan (29), Lebanon (1), Mexico (1), Mongolia (1), New Zealand (2), Oman (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (84: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Idaho, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia), Japan (1)
• Jurassic of Canada (8: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), Cuba (1), France (11), Japan (7), Kenya (1), Mexico (2), New Zealand (2), Portugal (1), Somalia (3), Tunisia (24), the United Kingdom (7), Yemen (7)
• Triassic of United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 448 collections including 549 occurrences