Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Valvatidae
Parent taxon: Valvatoidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017
See also Harzhauser and Kowalke 2002, Ponder and Warén 1988 and Shoshani et al. 1989
Sister taxa: Cornirostridae, Hyalogyrinidae, Orbitestellidae
Subtaxa: Amplovalvata Sinorificium Valvata Valvata (Mesovalvata)
Type: Valvata
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (2: Ontario collections), Egypt (5), France (2), Greece (1), Poland (5), Portugal (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (9: California, Kansas, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Virginia)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Pliocene of Croatia (2), Turkey (2)
• Miocene of Austria (4), Croatia (3), Germany (2), Iran (1), Romania (1), Spain (2), Turkey (1)
• Eocene of Pakistan (1)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), China (7), France (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta), China (25), India (1), Mongolia (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Montana)
• Jurassic of China (4), Morocco (1), Portugal (9), the United Kingdom (10), United States (7: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming)
• Devonian of Saudi Arabia (1)
Total: 126 collections including 142 occurrences