Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Synonym: Meroinae Tryon 1884
Parent taxon: Veneridae according to R. Bieler and P. M. Mikkelsen 2006
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Anofia, Austrocardilanx, Callistinae, Callocardiinae, Calva, Chamelea, Chionidae, Clementina, Cockburnia, Cythereinae, Eurhomalea, Ezocallista, Fossacallista, Frigichione, Gemma, Gouldiinae, Macrocallista, Meretricinae, Oedalia, Paleomarcia, Paphiinae, Pitaria, Polititapes, Pullastra, Securella, Sinodia, Transennella, Venerinae, Venerupis, Venidia, Xenoloupia, Cooperella
Subtaxa: Meroe Meroena Nagaoella Sunetta
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Japan (2), Mozambique (1), South Africa (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene of India (1), Pakistan (1)
• Miocene of India (1), Indonesia (1)
• Oligocene of India (1)
• Eocene of France (3), the United Kingdom (5)
• Cretaceous of Japan (23)
Total: 44 collections including 46 occurrences