†family Vlastidae Isberg 1934 (oyster)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Vlastidae
Full reference: O. Isberg. 1934. Studien über Lamellibranchiaten des Leptaenakalkes in Dalarna. Håkan Ohlssons Buchdruckerei 1-493
Parent taxon: Pterioidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Isberg 1934
Sister taxa: Bakevelliidae, Cassianellidae, Kochiidae, Malleidae, Pergamidiidae, Plicatostylidae, Pteriidae, Melinidae
Subtaxa: Praeostreinae Shaninopsis Vlastinae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Austria (1 collection), the Czech Republic (3), Morocco (2)
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (15), Italy (1), Jordan (1)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Ontario), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 27 collections including 51 occurrences