Family Myochamidae Carpenter 1861 (clam)
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Myochamidae
Parent taxon: Thracioidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Burmesiidae, Cleidothaeridae, Periplomatidae, Thraciidae
Subtaxa: Hunkydora Myadora Myochama
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), New Zealand (1), Taiwan (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (4)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Japan (2), United States (2: North Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene of Australia (4), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
Total: 19 collections including 21 occurrences