†family Ceratomyopsidae Cox 1964 (clam)
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Parent taxon: Megalodontoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Dicerocardiidae, Gemmelarodus, Megalodontidae, Pachyrismatidae, Wallowaconchidae
Subtaxa: Ceratomyopsis Tellurimya
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (1 collection), Ethiopia (2), France (5), Germany (1), India (20), Iran (2), Jordan (9), Kenya (5), Madagascar (5), Portugal (2), Saudi Arabia (37), Somalia (9), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (1), Tunisia (26), the United Kingdom (2), Yemen (14)
Total: 142 collections including 154 occurrences