Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Synonym: Cooperellidae Dall 1900
Parent taxon: Veneroidea according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Adegoke 1977, Beu et al. 1990, Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011, Clark and Arnold 1923, Coan et al. 2000, Gardner 2005, Glenn 1904, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Gordillo 1991, Hickman 2015, Matsubara et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009, Olsson 1931, Pérez et al. 2013, Popenoe 1937, Rivera 1957, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Squires 1999, Squires 1999, Todd 2001, Vokes 1980, Ward 1992 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Isocyprinidae, Lutetidae
Subtaxa: Anofia Austrocardilanx Callistinae Callocardiinae Calva Chamelea Chionidae Clementina Cockburnia Cooperella Cythereinae Eurhomalea Ezocallista Fossacallista Frigichione Gemma Gouldiinae Macrocallista Meretricinae Oedalia Paleomarcia Paphiinae Pitaria Polititapes Pullastra Securella Sinodia Sunettinae Transennella Venerinae Venerupis Venidia Xenoloupia
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder