Family Phaseolidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1971 (clam)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Phaseolidae
Synonym: Lametilidae Allen and Sanders 1973
Parent taxon: Nuculanoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Nevesskaja 2009 and Spencer et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Cadomiidae, Isoarcidae, Malletiidae, Nuculanidae, Palaeoneilidae, Polidevciidae, Sareptidae, Saturnidae, Yoldiidae, Zealedidae
Subtaxa: Lametila Phaseolinae Phaseolus Prelametila Siliculinae
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Phaseolidae in the database