†family Pachydomidae Fischer 1887 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pachydomidae

Synonym: Ferraziidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Edmondiidae, Megadesmidae

Subtaxa: Anhembia Maackia Pachydominae Pachydomus

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1 collection)

• Miocene of China (1)

• Eocene of Japan (4)

• Permian of Australia (2), Brazil (22), Namibia (1)

Total: 31 collections including 41 occurrences

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