Bivalvia - Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
Parent taxon: Crassatelloidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009, Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Aenigmoconchidae, Astartidae, Cardiniidae, Carditidae, Condylocardiidae, Crassatellidae, Hippopodiidae
Subtaxa: Myophoricardium Myophoriopis Sementiconcha
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (46 collections), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (5), Germany (8), Hungary (5), Indonesia (6), Iran (12), Italy (27), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Malaysia (1), Mexico (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Slovenia (2), United States (14: Nevada, Utah)
• Permian of India (1)
Total: 134 collections including 150 occurrences