Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Alternative spelling: Pulvinitidae
Parent taxon: Malleidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Spencer et al. 2004 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Aviculovulsa, Bouleigmus, Chalmasia, Heligmina, Heligmopsis, Isognomoninae, Malleinae, Malleus, Malvufundus, Nayadina, Ostreinella, Pseudoheligmus, Vulsella, Vulsellina, Stefaniniella, Heligmus, Euphenax
Subtaxa: Hypotrema Pulvinites
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of France (1 collection), United States (1: Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (6), United States (4: Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee)
• Jurassic of Argentina (4), France (1), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence