Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleurodesmatidae

Parent taxon: Myoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Corbulidae, Megadesmatidae, Myacidae, Myidae, Raetomyidae, Rhaetomyidae

Subtaxa: Pleurodesma

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Meilhan (Miocene of France)

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