Superfamily Solemyoidea Adams and Adams 1857 (clam)
Synonym: Solemyacea Gray 1840 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Solemyida according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011, Coan et al. 2000, Cope 1996, Cope 1997, Fang 2006, Giribet and Wheeler 2002, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Huber 2010, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Ride et al. 1999 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxon: Manzanelloidea
Subtaxa: Ctenodontidae Ovatoconchidae Solemyidae
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder