Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Parent taxon: Veneridae according to R. Bieler and P. M. Mikkelsen 2006
See also Bouchet et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Anofia, Austrocardilanx, Callocardiinae, Calva, Chamelea, Chionidae, Clementina, Cockburnia, Cythereinae, Eurhomalea, Ezocallista, Fossacallista, Frigichione, Gemma, Gouldiinae, Macrocallista, Meretricinae, Oedalia, Paleomarcia, Paphiinae, Pitaria, Polititapes, Pullastra, Securella, Sinodia, Sunettinae, Transennella, Venerinae, Venerupis, Venidia, Xenoloupia, Cooperella
Subtaxa: Callista
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (6 collections), Djibouti (6), Eritrea (1), Japan (6), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: California)
• Pliocene of Belgium (2), Indonesia (3), Italy (1), Japan (4), Pakistan (1), Portugal (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Belgium (7), Brazil (1), Bulgaria (5), Cyprus (1), France (3), Germany (6), Hungary (1), India (2), Indonesia (3), Israel (1), Italy (8), Japan (7), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (2), Slovakia (4), United States (4: Maryland), Vanuatu (1)
• Oligocene of Denmark (2), France (34), Japan (4), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (45: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Belgium (2), Colombia (1), France (3), Greenland (4), India (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (14), Nigeria (7), Spain (4), the United Kingdom (7), United States (98: Alabama, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Belgium (5), Bulgaria (1), China (1), France (1), Germany (4), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Paleogene of Japan (1)
• Motuan of New Zealand (1)
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta), Japan (2), New Zealand (28), Sweden (1), United States (5: California, Wyoming)
Total: 383 collections including 423 occurrences