†family Actinodontophoridae Newell 1969 (clam)
Bivalvia - Unionida - Actinodontophoridae
Parent taxon: Unionacea according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Nevesskaja 2009
Sister taxa: Margaritiferidae, Mutelidae, Pachycardiidae, Sancticarolitidae, Unionidae
Subtaxa: Actinodontophora Linshuiella Pseudoactinodontophora Zhongbanaia
Type: Actinodontophora
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (1 collection)
• Triassic of Canada (1: British Columbia), United States (1: Nevada)
• Permian of China (1), Japan (4)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence