Superfamily Veneroidea Rafinesque 1815 (clam)
Alternative spelling: Veneracea
Parent taxon: Veneroitei according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Beu et al. 1990, Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan et al. 2000, Glenn 1904, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Nevesskaja 2009, Rivera 1957, Rosenberg et al. 2006, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires and Goedert 1991, Vokes 1980, Ward 1992 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Arcticoidea, Chamoidea, Cyrenoidea, Gaimardioidea, Glossoidea, Hemidonacoidea, Mactroidea, Ungulinoidea
Subtaxa: Isocyprinidae Lutetidae Veneridae
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder