Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Parent taxon: Entolium according to Meek 1865
Sister taxa: Amussium (Entolium) aurarium, Entolium (Costentolium), Entolium (Cteniopleurium), Entolium amerinum, Entolium callosum, Entolium costatum, Entolium demissus, Entolium discites, Entolium equabile, Entolium fossatum, Entolium irenense, Entolium kellneri, Entolium kolymaense, Entolium lunare, Entolium mapuche, Entolium meeki, Entolium membranaceum, Entolium microtis, Entolium minor, Entolium oebergi, Entolium orbiculare, Entolium piriformis, Entolium qinghaiense, Entolium reticulatum, Entolium solidum, Entolium subdemissum, Entolium utukokense, Pecten (Entolium) ceruleus, Pecten (Entolium) decoratiformis, Pecten (Entolium) lavaredanus, Pecten (Entolium) pittensis, Pecten (Entolium) yukonensis
Subtaxa: Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Entolium (Entolium) cornutum Entolium (Entolium) disciforme
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection)
• Temaikan of New Zealand (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (1), Argentina (13), Bulgaria (2), Canada (75: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (106), China (1), France (8), Germany (1), Greenland (1), Hungary (3), India (8), Iran (3), Italy (1), Japan (1), Kenya (3), Mexico (5), Portugal (1), Romania (4), Saudi Arabia (20), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Somalia (1), Spain (62), Tanzania (11), the United Kingdom (22)
• Triassic of Iran (3)
Total: 361 collections including 362 occurrences