Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Synonyms: Coloniceramidae Pochialaynen 1985, Haenleiniidae Heinz 1932, Haenleiniinae Heinz 1932, Sphenoceramidae Heinz 1932
Full reference: C. G. A. Giebel. 1852. Allgemeine Palaeontologie: Entwurf einer Systematischen Darstellung der Fauna und Flora der Vorwelt, zum Gebrauche bei Vorlesungen und zum Selbstunterrichte. 1-328
Parent taxon: Inoceramoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, El Qot 2006, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Atomodesmatidae, Kolymiidae, Retroceramidae
Subtaxa: Anopaeinae Arcticeramus Arctomytiloides Birostrina Cataceramus Cladoceramus Coloniceraminae Coloniceramus Cremnoceramus Gnesioceramus Haenleinia Heroceramus Inaequiceramus Inoceraminae Inoceramus Inoceramya Kymatoceramus Lenella Magadiceramus Mytiloides Neocomiceramus Parainoceramya Platyceramus Posidonioceramus Pseudomytiloides Retroceramus Sachalinoceraminae Sergipia Silberlingia Sphaeroceramus Sphenoceramus Spyridoceramus Tenuipteria Tethyoceramus Trochoceramus Turkmenia Volviceramus
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Motuan of New Zealand (17 collections)
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (7), Albania (1), Algeria (2), Angola (5), Antarctica (40), Argentina (7), Armenia (1), Australia (20), Austria (10), Belgium (1), Brazil (164), Bulgaria (3), Cameroon (5), Canada (134: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, Yukon), Chile (12), China (6), Colombia (52), the Congo-Brazzaville (1), Croatia (1), Cuba (3), the Czech Republic (5), Denmark (13), Ecuador (6), Egypt (19), France (62), Gabon (3), Germany (252), Greenland (13), India (10), Indian Ocean (1), Iran (3), Italy (4), Jamaica (4), Japan (177), Jordan (4), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (1), Madagascar (7), Mexico (21), Morocco (1), Mozambique (4), the Netherlands (3), New Zealand (129), Nigeria (10), Peru (23), Poland (21), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (48), Saudi Arabia (1), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Somalia (1), South Africa (15), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (1), Spain (43), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5), Sweden (3), Switzerland (3), Tunisia (9), Turkey (5), Turkmenistan (3), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (52), United States (930: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming), Venezuela (13)
• Heterian of New Zealand (8)
• Temaikan of New Zealand (3)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia), New Caledonia (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (6), Argentina (6), Austria (1), Canada (15: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), Chile (4), China (5), East Timor (1), France (3), Germany (25), Greenland (8), Hungary (3), India (2), Indonesia (4), Iran (2), Italy (2), Japan (49), Kenya (2), Luxembourg (5), Nepal (1), New Zealand (39), Papua New Guinea (3), Poland (16), Portugal (5), the Russian Federation (44), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (4), Switzerland (72), Turkey (5), the United Kingdom (119), United States (29: Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon), Vietnam (1)
• Triassic of Indonesia (1), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (30), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 2956 collections including 4543 occurrences