Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Synonyms: Hippomyidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979, Palanatinidae Miller 1877
Full reference: S. A. Miller. 1877. The American Palaeozoic fossils: a catologue of the genera and species. 2nd ed. 1-293
Parent taxon: Modiomorphoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Amler 2010, Bouchet et al. 2010, Cox et al. 1969, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Coxiconchidae, Cypricardiniidae, Hippopodiumidae, Palaeopharidae, Tusayanidae
Subtaxa: Aristerella Ataviaconcha Butovicellinae Byssodesma Corallidomus Cymatonota Dceruska Glossites Goniophoriopsis Guerangeria Hippomya Janicula Joannininae Liromytilus Megambonia Modiolopsinae Modiomorphinae Naiadopsis Neofordilla Orthodesma Palanatina Pholadomorpha Phorinoplax Plicatomorpha Procarinaria Prolobella Pyanomya Saffordia Semicorallidomus Spathella Sphenotomorpha Tylophora Whiteavesia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic to Jurassic of United States (1: Alaska collection)
• Triassic of United States (1: Nevada)
• Permian of Brazil (5), India (1), Madagascar (1), Pakistan (1), South Africa (1), Tanzania (2), United States (5: Arizona, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous of Libya (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (17: Alaska, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Nevada, Virginia)
• Devonian of Algeria (1), Antarctica (4), Argentina (1), Australia (32), Belgium (1), Brazil (13), Canada (7: Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Quebec), China (15), Czechia (2), France (2), Germany (1), Japan (1), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (4), Luxembourg (3), Morocco (4), New Zealand (5), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (5), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (5), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Türkiye (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (287: Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvannia, Virginia, West Virginia), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (4), Vietnam (2)
• Silurian to Devonian of Argentina (1), Morocco (2), Poland (1)
• Silurian of Argentina (3), Austria (1), Canada (17: Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario), China (13), Czechia (19), Estonia (2), Germany (1), Italy (4), Jordan (5), Morocco (1), Norway (1), Spain (2), Sweden (13), the United Kingdom (36), United States (46: Alaska, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan and Ohio, New York, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Wisconsin)
• Dobrotivian of France (3), Spain (9)
• Letna of Czechia (1)
• Whiterockian of United States (4: Minnesota, Utah)
• Chazyan of Canada (8: Ontario, Quebec), United States (15: New York)
• Arenig of Argentina (1), China (1), France (2)
• Klabava of France (1)
• Dawan of China (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (6), Australia (3), Bolivia (1), Canada (40: Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (14), Czechia (7), Estonia (1), France (3), Morocco (1), North Korea (2), Norway (9), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (2), South Korea (1), Spain (2), Sweden (7), the United Kingdom (23), United States (248: Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa)
Total: 1033 collections including 1548 occurrences