†family Cassianellidae Ichikawa 1958 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Cassianellidae

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Bakevelliidae, Kochiidae, Malleidae, Pergamidiidae, Plicatostylidae, Pteriidae, Vlastidae, Melinidae

Subtaxa: Burckhardtia Cassianella Hoernesiella Lilangina Septihoernesia

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (5 collections)

• Triassic of Argentina (2), Austria (46), Canada (7: British Columbia), Chile (1), China (42), Germany (2), Hungary (14), Indonesia (7), Iran (13), Italy (72), Japan (1), Malaysia (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (5), Singapore (1), Slovakia (3), Slovenia (2), Spain (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Tajikistan (1), Turkey (1), the United Arab Emirates (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (26: Alaska, Nevada, Oregon), Vietnam (2)

Total: 265 collections including 439 occurrences

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