Bivalvia - Pterioida - Prospondylidea
Parent taxon: Pterioida according to M. Hautmann and M. Golej 2004
Sister taxa: Amuropecten, Annulinectes, Anthracoptera polita, Arzelella, Bakevellidae, Barehamia, Canadotis, Capedopecten, Cleidochondrella, Colpentolium, Cornutoentolium, Costentolium, Cussetostrea, Echinopecten, Entomonotis, Euthymipecten, Fibrosopecten, Freneixita, Freneixostrea, Fylgia, Gervilleiogoma, Gervilletia, Gondwanella, Grabella, Gryphaeligmus, Ignara, Indonectes, Intodesma, Jeletzkiella, Kabyaipecten, Kobayshites, Konbostrea, Lamellotacea, Lentilla, Lithioperna, Loemmelella, Lywcea, Minervapecten, Moussonella, Mysidoptera, Neitheops, Neoentolium, Notochlamy, Novaculaperma, Opiotoptera, Pacimonotis, Periclaria, Pichlerella, Pinnina, Platygena, Pomiropecten, Praeaucellina, Praebuchia, Praesondylopecten, Proostrea, Pseudogyra, Pseudovola, Pteriina, Pterinoactinodesma, Pterioidina, Raricardium, Rhyssomytiloides, Scythemtolium, Soleniscostrea, Sorngyaceramus, Spia, Stappyersella, Tarturia, Titaonpecten, Trematiconcha, Unica, Uralopteria, Vertinomia, Xenium
Subtaxa: Terquemia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (4 collections), China (1), France (2), Germany (2), Greenland (4), Italy (1), Slovakia (1), the United Kingdom (10)
• Triassic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (3), China (4), Egypt (1), France (1), Germany (9), Greenland (3), Hungary (3), Italy (7), Poland (5), Slovenia (1), Spain (3)
Total: 65 collections including 66 occurrences