Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Synonym: Myoneridae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1983
Parent taxon: Cuspidarioidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan et al. 2000, Hickman 2014, Kaim et al. 2014, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Squires 1984, Todd 2001 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Halonymphidae, Protocuspidariidae, Spheniopsidae
Subtaxa: Boriesia Cardiomya Cuspidaria Fabagella Halonympha Kurodamya Myonera Neaera Paracuspidaria Plectodon
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Ecuador (1), Mayotte (2), Panama (1), United States (8: California, Florida), Uruguay (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (6)
• Pliocene of Belgium (2), Costa Rica (3), the Dominican Republic (2), Haiti (1), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (6), Japan (2), the Netherlands (1), Pakistan (2), Panama (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Belgium (1), Denmark (2), the Dominican Republic (17), Germany (7), Italy (2), Japan (1), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (1), Panama (2), Poland (1), Slovakia (1), Somalia (2), United States (2: Florida), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene of Austria (1), Denmark (4), Hungary (1), the Netherlands (1), Panama (1), the Russian Federation (8), United States (11: Mississippi, Washington)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), Egypt (3), Indonesia (1), New Zealand (3), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (26: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oregon, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1), Australia (3), Belgium (2), Denmark (6), Germany (1), Greenland (1), India (1), Mexico (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (15: California, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Austria (1), Canada (3: Alberta, Saskatchewan), China (1), Colombia (1), Denmark (2), Egypt (1), Germany (4), Greenland (1), India (1), Israel (1), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (1), Poland (9), the Russian Federation (2), Ukraine (1), United States (87: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Jurassic of Germany (3), Hungary (2), Japan (2), Kenya (1), Portugal (4), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: California)
• Triassic of China (1), Hungary (1), Italy (2), Japan (3)
Total: 332 collections including 405 occurrences