Bivalvia - Cardiida - Dreissenidae
Synonyms: Enocephalidae de Stefani 1880, Tichogoniidae Andrusov 1893
Parent taxon: Dreissenoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxon: Neomiodontidae
Subtaxa: Congeria Dreissena Dreisseninae Dreissenomyinae Enocephalus Mytilopsis Tichogonia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cuba (2 collections), Panama (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (7: Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (2)
• Miocene of Austria (3), Bosnia and Herzegovina (6), Bulgaria (1), Croatia (29), the Dominican Republic (1), France (1), Georgia (5), Germany (1), Greece (3), Haiti (1), Israel (2), Italy (8), Peru (3), Romania (2), United States (1: Delaware)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (2)
• Oligocene of Austria (1), Belgium (2), Germany (1), Haiti (1), Hungary (1), Peru (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Haiti (1)
• Eocene of Hungary (1), the United Kingdom (4)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: North Carolina, Texas)
Total: 97 collections including 117 occurrences