Superfamily Myoidea Lamarck 1809 (clam)
Alternative spelling: Myacea
Parent taxon: Pholadida according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan et al. 2000, Glenn 1904, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Rivera 1957, Rosenberg et al. 2006, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1999, Vokes 1980, Ward 1992 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Pholadoidea, Pleuromyoidea
Subtaxa: Corbulidae Megadesmatidae Myacidae Myidae Pleurodesmatidae Raetomyidae Rhaetomyidae
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder