†family Spanilidae Kříž 2007 (clam)
Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Spanilidae
Full reference: J. Kříž. 2007. Origin, evolution and classification of the new superorder Nepiomorpha (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Lower Palaeozoic). Palaeontology 50(6):1341-1365
Parent taxon: Dualinoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Kříž 2007
Sister taxa: Dualinidae, Praelucinidae, Stolidotidae
Subtaxa: Algerina Kenzieana Spanila Tetinka
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Alaska collection)
• Devonian of the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Morocco (1)
• Silurian of Algeria (2), Austria (3), the Czech Republic (27), France (1), Germany (1), Italy (3)
Total: 41 collections including 55 occurrences