Family Sphaeriidae Deshayes 1855 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sphaeriidae

Synonym: Corneocycladidae Hannibal 1912

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Kosnik 2002, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Parker 1982 and Shoshani et al. 1989

Sister taxa: Kijidae, Sibireconchidae

Subtaxa: Corneocyclas Euglesinae Euperinae Pisidiinae Sphaeriinae

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Canada (3: Alberta, Ontario), the Congo-Kinshasa (2), France (2), Germany (2), Greece (1), Kenya (1), Mexico (1), Poland (4), Romania (1), Rwanda (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (16: Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Texas, Virginia)

• Blancan of United States (1: Oregon)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (4), Italy (1), Spain (6)

• Pliocene of Croatia (1), Indonesia (1), Spain (3), United States (5: California, Oregon)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: California)

• Miocene of Austria (3), Bosnia and Herzegovina (5), Brazil (1), Croatia (2), Germany (3), Greece (1), Italy (2), Peru (1), Poland (1), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Turkey (2)

• Oligocene of Panama (2)

• Eocene of France (1), United States (1: Nevada)

• Paleocene of Canada (5: Alberta, Saskatchewan)

• Cretaceous of Canada (16: Alberta, Saskatchewan), China (4), France (1), Japan (8), United States (7: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)

• Jurassic of China (1)

Total: 132 collections including 169 occurrences

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