Superfamily Pholadoidea Lamarck 1809 (clam)
Synonym: Pholadacea Lamarck 1809 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Pholadida according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan et al. 2000, Kennedy 1993, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Ride et al. 1999, Rosenberg et al. 2006, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Vokes 1980, Ward 1992 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Myoidea, Pleuromyoidea
Subtaxa: Pholadidae Teredinidae Xylophagaidae
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder