†family Sowerbyidae Cox 1929 (clam)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sowerbyidae
Parent taxon: Tellinoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009, Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Donacidae, Icanotiidae, Psammobiidae, Quenstedtiidae, Semelidae, Solecurtidae, Tancrediidae, Tellinidae, Unicardiopsidae
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (11 collections), India (3), Peru (1), Portugal (4), Somalia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (18)
• Triassic of Indonesia (2), Italy (3)
Total: 44 collections each including a single occurrence