Superfamily Limnadioidea Baird 1894 (clam shrimp)
Parent taxon: Spinicaudata according to C. C. Lana and I. S. Carvalho 2002
See also Tasch 1969 and Wang 1980
Sister taxa: Cyzicoidea, Eosestherioidea, Lioestheriidae, Shipingiidae
Subtaxa: Cyclestheriidae Leptestheriidae Limnadiidae
Type: Limnadia
Ecology: slow-moving nektobenthic suspension feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection)
• Triassic of Brazil (1), China (1), France (4), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), United States (5: New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Permian of Czechia (1), Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 22 collections including 25 occurrences