Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kelliellidae
Synonym: Alveinidae Glibert and van de Poel 1966
Parent taxon: Glossoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan et al. 2000, Nevesskaja 2009 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Glossidae, Vesicomyidae
Subtaxa: Allopagus Alveinus Eocrassina Kelliella Spaniodontella Warrana
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1 collection), Panama (4)
• Miocene of Belgium (7), Bulgaria (1), Denmark (1), Ecuador (4), Germany (24), Iran (3), the Netherlands (2), Panama (25), Poland (4), United States (11: Florida)
• Oligocene of Denmark (1), United States (10: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (1), Mexico (2), the United Kingdom (6), United States (70: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
• Paleocene of United States (8: Texas)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 187 collections including 211 occurrences