Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative spelling: Clementiinae
Parent taxon: Meretricini according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Perrilliat 1992, Perrilliat 1994, Vokes 1980, Ward 1992 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Cyclinina, Gemmina, Meretricina, Petricolina, Samarangiina, Sunettina, Turtoniina
Subtaxa: Clementia Psathura Thetiopsis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Djibouti (2), Egypt (1), Eritrea (2), Japan (2), Kenya (2), Pakistan (1), Yemen (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), Ecuador (1), India (1), Indonesia (2), Japan (4), Pakistan (4), the Philippines (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Brazil (6), Colombia (20), Ecuador (6), India (4), Indonesia (4), Iran (2), Japan (4), Mexico (10), Pakistan (6), Panama (41), Peru (5), the Philippines (1), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Somalia (5), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (51: California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey), Venezuela (17)
• Oligocene of Colombia (1), Ecuador (1), Pakistan (2), Panama (1), Peru (4), Puerto Rico (8), United States (15: California), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene of Colombia (2), the Netherlands Antilles (3), Peru (15), the United Kingdom (2), Venezuela (4)
• Cretaceous of Colombia (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 280 collections including 290 occurrences