Subfamily Mesodesmatinae Gray 1840 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mesodesmatidae

Parent taxon: Mesodesmatidae according to J. H. Signorelli and J. G. Carter 2016

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011, Glenn 1904 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Califadesma, Davilinae, Donacilla, Myadesma, Paphies

Subtaxa: Amesodesma Atactodea Ceroniola Mesodesma

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Type: Mesodesma

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (5 collections), Chile (12), Djibouti (2), Eritrea (3), Japan (1), Peru (12), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (6: Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Peru (1), the United Kingdom (2)

• Miocene of Indonesia (1)

• Eocene of Mexico (1), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (1: Texas)

• Cretaceous of Chile (1)

Total: 51 collections including 54 occurrences

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