†family Steinmanellidae Cooper 1991 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Steinmanellidae

Parent taxon: Myophorelloidea according to M. R. Cooper and H. A. Leanza 2017

Sister taxa: Frenguelliellidae, Megatrigonioidae, Myophorelloidae

Subtaxa: Steinmanellinae Yaadiinae

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (42 collections), Canada (2: British Columbia), Chile (19), India (1), Japan (13), Mexico (1), Peru (4), South Africa (3), Turkmenistan (1), the United Kingdom (10), United States (78: California, Oregon)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Argentina (1)

• Jurassic of Argentina (4), Chile (3), United States (1: Texas)

Total: 183 collections including 202 occurrences

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