Bivalvia - Cardiida

PaleoDB taxon number: 62214

Synonyms: Amphidesmatidae Latreille 1825 (no. 382022), Lavignonidae Récluz 1869 (no. 382356)

Parent taxon: Tellinoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Donacidae, Icanotiidae, Psammobiidae, Quenstedtiidae, Solecurtidae, Sowerbyidae, Tancrediidae, Tellinidae, Unicardiopsidae

Subtaxa: Abra, Amphidesma, Cumingia, Ervilia, Erviliinae, Lavignonus, Leptomya, Ligula, Scrobiculariinae, Semele, Semelinae, Theora

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder