Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative spellings: Petricolidae, Petricolinae
Parent taxon: Meretricini according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan et al. 2000, Glenn 1904, Nevesskaja 2009, Vokes 1980, Ward 1992 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Clementiina, Cyclinina, Gemmina, Meretricina, Samarangiina, Sunettina, Turtoniina
Subtaxa: Choristodon Lajonkairia Mysia Petricola Pleiorytis Rupellaria Velargilla
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Chile (2), Cuba (1), Djibouti (1), Greece (1), Japan (2), Mexico (8), Morocco (1), Peru (5), South Africa (2), Türkiye (1), United States (81: California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Panama (1), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (16: California, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (6)
• Neogene of Chile (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Argentina (1), Cyprus (1), the Dominican Republic (1), France (1), Panama (1), Poland (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (12: California, Florida, Maryland), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Panama (1)
• Eocene of United States (2: Alabama, South Carolina)
• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Switzerland (1)
• Jurassic of France (1)
Total: 165 collections including 191 occurrences