†family Pterocardiidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979 (clam)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Pterocardiidae
Parent taxon: Cardioidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Nevesskaja 2009
Sister taxa: Cardiidae, Lahillidae
Subtaxa: Pterocardia Pterocardiinae Tulongocardiinae
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (32 collections), Germany (3), Saudi Arabia (12), Spain (6), the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of Iran (7), United States (2: Nevada)
Total: 63 collections including 86 occurrences