Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Parent taxon: Modiomorphidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Liljedahl 1994
Sister taxa: Aristerella, Ataviaconcha, Butovicellinae, Byssodesma, Corallidomus, Cymatonota, Dceruska, Glossites, Goniophoriopsis, Guerangeria, Hippomya, Janicula, Joannininae, Liromytilus, Megambonia, Modiolopsinae, Modiophorus, Naiadopsis, Neofordilla, Orthodesma, Parallelodus, Pholadomorpha, Phorinoplax, Plicatomorpha, Procarinaria, Prolobella, Pyanomya, Redonia, Saffordia, Semicorallidomus, Spathella, Sphenotomorpha, Tylophora, Whiteavesia, Palanatina
Subtaxa: Aleodonta Callodonta Colpomya Eurymyella Goniomorpha Goniophora Mimerodonta Modiodonta Modiolodon Modiomorpha Radiatodonta
Type: Modiomorpha
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Yemen (4 collections)
• Triassic of United States (1: Nevada)
• Permian of United States (2: Wyoming)
• Virgilian of United States (1: Illinois)
• Chesterian of United States (1: Iowa)
• Carboniferous of United States (2: California, Nevada)
• Mississippian of United States (2: Alaska, California)
• Devonian of Algeria (1), Antarctica (3), Australia (25), Brazil (13), Canada (6: Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Quebec), China (14), France (1), Germany (1), Japan (1), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (4), Luxembourg (3), New Zealand (4), the Russian Federation (4), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (4), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (263: Alaska, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvannia), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (4)
• Silurian of Argentina (2), China (11), the Czech Republic (1), Spain (1), Sweden (12), the United Kingdom (27), United States (9: Alaska, Michigan and Ohio, New York, Oklahoma, Wisconsin)
• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Bolivia (1), Canada (13: Manitoba, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (1), France (1), North Korea (1), Spain (1), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (7), United States (50: Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia)
• Whiterockian of United States (1: Minnesota)
• Arenig of Argentina (4)
Total: 521 collections including 685 occurrences