Family Limnadiidae Baird 1894 (clam shrimp)
Branchiopoda - Diplostraca - Limnadiidae
Synonym: Limnaiidae Baird 1849
Parent taxon: Limnadioidea according to C. C. Lana and I. S. Carvalho 2002
See also Pinto 1956 and Tasch 1969
Sister taxa: Cyclestheriidae, Leptestheriidae
Subtaxa: Estheriininae Limnadia Limnadiinae Metalimnadia Palaeolimnadia
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