†family Lunulacardiidae Fischer 1887 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae

Synonym: Guangxiconchidae Zhang 1999

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Nagel-Myers and Amler 2007, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Nye et al. 1975 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Ambonychiidae, Monopteriidae, Myalinidae, Mysidiellidae, Ramonalinidae

Subtaxa: Buckhornia Conocardiopsis Guangxiconcha Honeoyea Lunulacardiinae Lunulacardium Metrocardia Opisthonia Patrocardia Pinnopsis Prosochasma Pterochaenia Pterochaeniinae

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Desmoinesian of United States (1: Oklahoma collection)

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)

• Daleje of China (1)

• Devonian of Austria (1), Canada (1: Quebec), China (21), the Czech Republic (15), France (1), Germany (1), Italy (1), Morocco (7), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (2), United States (112: New York, Pennsylvania)

• Silurian to Devonian of Poland (3)

• Silurian of Austria (4), the Czech Republic (17), France (2), Germany (1), Italy (9), Morocco (3), Poland (8), Spain (1)

Total: 216 collections including 261 occurrences

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