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
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