Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
Synonym: Atretidae Scarlato and Starobogatov
Parent taxon: Dimyoidea according to T. R. Waller 2012
See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011, Coan et al. 2000, Dockery 1982, Maxwell 1978, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Spencer et al. 2004, Stilwell 1998, Todd 2001 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Atreta Dimya Dimyarina Protostrea
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (3 collections), Panama (1)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Jamaica (1), Panama (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (3)
• Miocene of Australia (3), the Dominican Republic (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (3)
• Oligocene of Australia (2), New Zealand (1), United States (7: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Australia (5), Bulgaria (3), New Zealand (1), Spain (3)
• Paleocene of Belgium (2), Denmark (1)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), the Czech Republic (4), Denmark (3), Egypt (1), Ethiopia (1), Germany (10), India (3), Japan (1), Libya (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (2), Poland (6), the United Kingdom (2), United States (31: Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas)
• Jurassic of Argentina (2), France (5), Germany (2), India (6), Italy (1), Portugal (3), Romania (1), Spain (6), the United Kingdom (3)
• Triassic of Austria (87), China (33), France (2), Germany (3), Hungary (8), Indonesia (4), Iran (6), Italy (13), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Switzerland (1), the United Arab Emirates (4), the United Kingdom (3), United States (8: Alaska, California, Nevada)
Total: 317 collections including 330 occurrences