†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
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