Suborder Ostreidina Ferussac 1822
Alternative spelling: Ostreina
Parent taxon: Ostreida according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Beu et al. 1990, Coan et al. 2000, Cooper 2002, Dockery 1982, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Newell 1965, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Ward 1992 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Malleidina, Myodakryotidae, Ostreoidea, Palaeolophidae, Pectinina, Pinnoidea, Placunopsidae, Pterioidea
Subtaxa: Ostreacea
Distribution:
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Eocene of Libya (1)
• Paleocene of United States (2: California)
• Cretaceous of Chile (4)
• Jurassic of Spain (2), Tunisia (10)
• Triassic of New Zealand (1)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence