Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Synonyms: Hippomyidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979, Palanatinidae Miller 1877
Full reference: S. A. Miller. 1877. The American Palaeozoic fossils: a catologue of the genera and species. 2nd ed. 1-293
Parent taxon: Modiomorphoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Amler 2010, Bouchet et al. 2010, Cox et al. 1969, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Coxiconchidae, Cypricardiniidae, Hippopodiumidae, Palaeopharidae, Tusayanidae
Subtaxa: Aristerella Ataviaconcha Butovicellinae Byssodesma Corallidomus Cymatonota Dceruska Glossites Goniophoriopsis Guerangeria Hippomya Janicula Joannininae Liromytilus Megambonia Modiolopsinae Modiomorphinae Modiophorus Naiadopsis Neofordilla Orthodesma Palanatina Parallelodus Pholadomorpha Phorinoplax Plicatomorpha Procarinaria Prolobella Pyanomya Redonia Saffordia Semicorallidomus Spathella Sphenotomorpha Tylophora Whiteavesia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Yemen (4 collections)
• Triassic to Jurassic of United States (1: Alaska)
• Triassic of United States (1: Nevada)
• Permian of Brazil (5), India (1), Madagascar (1), Pakistan (1), South Africa (1), Tanzania (2), United States (5: Arizona, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous of Libya (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (17: Alaska, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Nevada, Virginia)
• Devonian of Algeria (1), Antarctica (3), Argentina (1), Australia (32), Belgium (1), Brazil (13), Canada (7: Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Quebec), China (15), the Czech Republic (2), France (2), Germany (1), Japan (1), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (4), Luxembourg (3), Morocco (4), New Zealand (5), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (5), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (5), Spain (1), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (287: Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvannia, Virginia, West Virginia), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (4), Vietnam (2)
• Silurian to Devonian of Argentina (1), Morocco (2), Poland (1)
• Silurian of Argentina (3), Austria (1), Canada (17: Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario), China (13), the Czech Republic (19), Estonia (2), Germany (1), Italy (4), Jordan (5), Morocco (1), Norway (1), Spain (2), Sweden (14), the United Kingdom (36), United States (46: Alaska, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan and Ohio, New York, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Wisconsin)
• Dobrotivian of the Czech Republic (2), France (4), Morocco (1), Portugal (4), Spain (13)
• Letna of the Czech Republic (1)
• Chazyan of Canada (8: Ontario, Quebec), United States (15: New York)
• Whiterockian of United States (4: Minnesota, Utah)
• Fennian of France (1)
• Volkhov of Argentina (1)
• Dawan of China (1)
• Klabava of France (1)
• Arenig of Argentina (9), Bolivia (2), China (1), France (6), Morocco (2)
• Ordovician of Argentina (6), Australia (3), Bolivia (1), Canada (44: Manitoba, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (7), the Czech Republic (11), Estonia (1), France (6), Morocco (9), North Korea (2), Norway (9), Peru (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (2), South Korea (1), Spain (11), Sweden (7), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (23), United States (255: Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa)
• Tremadoc of China (6)
Total: 1102 collections including 1653 occurrences