Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae

Alternative spelling: Liostrea (Ostreinella)

Parent taxon: Malleidae according to L. R. Cox et al. 1969

See also Cossmann and Peyrot 1914, Glibert and van de Poel 1965 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aviculovulsa, Bouleigmus, Chalmasia, Heligmina, Heligmopsis, Isognomoninae, Malleinae, Malleus, Malvufundus, Nayadina, Pseudoheligmus, Pulvinitinae, Vulsella, Vulsellina, Stefaniniella, Euphenax, Heligmus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Valle Ceppi, Torvino Hills (Miocene of Italy)

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