Subfamily Tanysiphoninae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1971 (clam)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative spelling: Tanysiphonidae
Parent taxon: Mactridae according to J. H. Signorelli and J. G. Carter 2016
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011 and Nevesskaja 2009
Sister taxa: Darcinia, Darininae, Hemimactra, Leptomactra, Longimactra, Lutrariinae, Mactrinae, Mactropsis, Mactrotoma, Mulinia, Mulinoides, Pteroluter, Pteropsis, Rangia, Scissodesma, Simomactra, Spisula, Willimactra, Zenatiinae, Gnathodon
Subtaxa: Tanysiphon
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tanysiphoninae in the database