Family Limnadiidae Baird 1894 (clam shrimp)
Branchiopoda - Diplostraca - Limnadiidae
Parent taxon: Limnadioidea according to C. C. Lana and I. S. Carvalho 2002
See also Pinto 1956
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Estheriininae Limnadia Metalimnadia Palaeolimnadia
Ecology: slow-moving nektobenthic suspension feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection)
• Triassic of Brazil (1), China (1), France (4), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), United States (5: New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Permian of Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 20 collections including 22 occurrences