†family Monopteriidae Newell 1969 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Monopteriidae

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009, Vokes 1980 and Yancey 2025

Sister taxa: Ambonychiidae, Lunulacardiidae, Myalinidae, Mysidiellidae, Ramonalinidae

Subtaxa: Limopteria Monopteria

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Type: Monopteria

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (13: Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Texas collections)

Total: 13 collections including 19 occurrences

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