†family Pleurodesmatidae Cossmann 1909 (clam)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleurodesmatidae
Parent taxon: Myoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Corbulidae, Megadesmatidae, Myacidae, Myidae, Raetomyidae, Rhaetomyidae
Subtaxa: Pleurodesma
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Meilhan (Miocene of France)