Bivalvia - Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae
Parent taxon: Inoceramoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Nevesskaja 2009
Sister taxa: Inoceramidae, Kolymiidae, Retroceramidae
Subtaxa: Atomodesmatinae Malimanininae Permoceraminae
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (11 collections), Indonesia (2), the Russian Federation (12), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
• Permian of Afghanistan (1), Argentina (3), Australia (45), Brazil (1), Canada (2: Yukon), China (2), Greenland (4), India (1), Indonesia (7), Namibia (1), Nepal (10), New Caledonia (6), New Zealand (39), Pakistan (3), the Russian Federation (154), United States (4: Alaska, Nevada, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (1)
Total: 310 collections including 337 occurrences