†family Neomiodontidae Casey 1955 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Neomiodontidae

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Hayami 1975, Nevesskaja 2009, Ronchetti 1970 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxon: Dreissenidae

Subtaxa: Costocyrena Crenotrapezium Cyrenopsis Dianina Eomiodon Eomiodontinae Eosion Gansuella Hunanella Indosinion Isodomella Musculiopsis Myrene Neomiodon Neomiodonoides Neomiodontinae Protocyprina Pseudasaphis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (2 collections), Denmark (1), Germany (1), Japan (50), Lebanon (1), New Zealand (2), Spain (1), Sweden (4), Taiwan (1), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (4)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Japan (1)

• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1), Chile (3), China (5), France (2), Hungary (1), India (13), Japan (21), Portugal (66), Spain (2), Tanzania (16), Thailand (2), Tunisia (35), the United Kingdom (11), Yemen (1)

• Triassic of China (1)

Total: 249 collections including 326 occurrences

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