†family Veniellidae Gardner 2005 (clam)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veniellidae
Synonym: Veniliidae Meek 1864
Full reference: R. Gardner. 2005. Middle-Late Jurassic bivalves of the superfamily Veneoridea from New Zealand and New Caledonia. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 48:325-376
Parent taxon: Arcticoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Arcticidae, Bernardinidae, Euloxidae, Pollicidae, Trapezidae, Veniellinae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Veniellidae in the database