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
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