Parent taxon: Cardiida according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Anthracosiidina, Cardiidina, Kalenteroidea, Leptonidina
Subtaxa: Gastrochaenoidea
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (2 collections), Japan (2), Kenya (1), South Africa (1), United States (9: Florida, Hawaii, South Carolina), Uruguay (1), Yemen (1)
• Pliocene of Belgium (4), Costa Rica (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (3), Japan (1), Papua New Guinea (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (2: Florida, South Carolina), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Netherlands Antilles (3)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Austria (2), Bulgaria (2), France (1), Hungary (1), Italy (2), Malta (1), Moldova (10), Panama (2), Poland (4), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (6: Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of France (2)
• Eocene of France (1), Germany (2), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Namibia (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (12: Alabama, California, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), France (1), United States (8: Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Chile (2), Colombia (1), Denmark (1), Egypt (2), France (2), Germany (1), India (1), Italy (2), Mexico (1), Mozambique (1), the Netherlands (1), Switzerland (5), United States (33: Alabama, California, Delaware, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)
• Jurassic of France (2), Germany (2), Poland (2), the United Kingdom (8)
• Permian of Pakistan (1)
Total: 174 collections including 206 occurrences