Family Margaritiferidae Haas 1940 (clam)

Bivalvia - Unionida - Margaritiferidae

Synonyms: Margaritanidae Ortmann 1910, Promargaritiferidae Woodward 1994, Promargaritiferinae Woodward 1994

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

See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Actinodontophoridae, Mutelidae, Pachycardiidae, Sancticarolitidae, Unionidae

Subtaxa: Cumberlandiinae Dianoconcha Margaritifera Mengyinaia Promargaritifera Pseudomargaritifera Solenoides

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Type: Margaritifera

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1 collection)

• Miocene of Germany (13), Pakistan (1)

• Cretaceous of China (1), Niger (1)

• Jurassic of China (2), Spain (1)

Total: 20 collections including 22 occurrences

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