Subfamily Novaculininae Ghosh 1929 (clam)
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Parent taxon: Pharidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Cultellinae, Cultellus, Ensis, Pharinae, Rzehakiinae, Siliqua, Siliquinae
Subtaxa: Novaculina Sinonovacula
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Novaculininae in the database