Superfamily Sphaerioidea Deshayes 1854 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida

Parent taxon: Dreissenoitei according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006 and Bouchet et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Dreissenoidea

Subtaxa: Kijidae Sibireconchidae Sphaeriidae

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Canada (3: Alberta, Ontario), the Congo-Kinshasa (2), France (2), Germany (2), Greece (1), Kenya (1), Mexico (1), Poland (4), Romania (1), Rwanda (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (17: Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Texas, Virginia)

• Villafranchian of Spain (3)

• Blancan of United States (1: Oregon)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (4), Italy (1), Spain (6)

• Pliocene of Croatia (1), Indonesia (1), United States (5: California, Oregon)

• Turolian of Greece (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: California)

• Miocene of Austria (3), Bosnia and Herzegovina (5), Brazil (1), Croatia (2), Germany (3), Italy (2), Peru (1), Poland (1), Portugal (2), Türkiye (2)

• Oligocene of Panama (2)

• Eocene of France (1), United States (1: Nevada)

• Paleocene of Canada (5: Alberta, Saskatchewan)

• Cretaceous of Canada (16: Alberta, Saskatchewan), China (5), France (1), Japan (2), United States (7: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)

• Jurassic of China (2)

• Triassic of China (1)

Total: 130 collections including 168 occurrences

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