Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Alternative spelling: Vaugoniidae
Parent taxon: Myophorellidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and PĂ©rez et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Myophorellinae, Steinmanellinae
Subtaxa: Quadratotrigoniini Vaugoniini
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Heterian of New Zealand (5 collections)
• Temaikan of New Zealand (5)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (7), Argentina (3), Canada (25: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (30), Cuba (1), France (7), Greenland (1), India (7), Japan (13), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), New Zealand (13), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (84: Alaska, California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 212 collections including 227 occurrences