Bivalvia - Cardiida - Erycinidae
Parent taxon: Leptonoidea according to R. Marquet 2005
See also Beu et al. 1990, Bouchet et al. 2010, Maxwell 1992, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Parker 1982 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Kelliidae, Montacutidae
Subtaxa: Amerycina Arthritica Borniola Erycina Goodalliopsis Litigiella Lucinaxinus Melliteryx Myllita Myllitella Parvikellia Pythina Semeloidea Semierycina
Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Belgium (1), Morocco (1), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (7: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Pliocene of Belgium (6), Greece (1), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Indonesia (1), Jamaica (3), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Belgium (2), France (1), Germany (5), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (2), United States (12: Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of France (1), United States (3: Oregon)
• Eocene of Belgium (2), France (1), New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (8: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Australia (1)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Poland (1)
• Cretaceous of Denmark (1), New Zealand (2)
Total: 85 collections including 113 occurrences