Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Parent taxon: Myophorellidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Fleming 1987 and Pérez et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Jhabotrigonia, Moerickella, Pseudovaugonia, Vaugoniinae
Subtaxa: Austromyophorella Myophorella Myophorellini Orthotrigonia Retetrigonia Scaphorella Steinmanellini
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Argentina (2), Chile (12), Japan (3), Mexico (1), Ukraine (8), the United Kingdom (14)
• Heterian of New Zealand (6)
• Temaikan of New Zealand (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (15), Chile (4), Japan (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (6), Argentina (29), Canada (66: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (26), China (1), Egypt (5), France (30), Germany (7), Greenland (11), India (9), Iran (5), Japan (17), Kenya (1), Luxembourg (4), Madagascar (2), Mexico (2), New Zealand (7), Peru (1), Poland (2), Portugal (24), Romania (2), Spain (34), Switzerland (3), Tanzania (2), Thailand (3), Tunisia (2), the United Kingdom (64), United States (45: Alaska, California, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming), Vietnam (1)
Total: 479 collections including 540 occurrences