Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Synonyms: Actinoceramus Meek 1864, Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) Meek 1864
Parent taxon: Inoceramidae according to W. P. Elder and S. E. Box 1992
See also Crampton 1996, Jones 1960, Kiessling 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anopaeinae, Arcticeramus, Arctomytiloides, Cataceramus, Cladoceramus, Coloniceraminae, Cremnoceramus, Heroceramus, Inaequiceramus, Inoceraminae, Inoceramus, Inoceramya, Kymatoceramus, Lenella, Magadiceramus, Mytiloides, Neocomiceramus, Parainoceramya, Platyceramus, Pseudomytiloides, Retroceramus, Sachalinoceraminae, Sergipia, Silberlingia, Sphaeroceramus, Sphenoceramus, Spyridoceramus, Tenuipteria, Tethyoceramus, Trochoceramus, Turkmenia, Volviceramus, Haenleinia, Coloniceramus
Subtaxa: Birostrina coptensis Birostrina tamurai Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) concentricus Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) salomoni Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) subsulcatus Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) sulcatus
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Antarctica (14), Australia (3), Brazil (1), Canada (2: British Columbia, Northwest Territories), Colombia (19), Ecuador (2), Egypt (3), France (23), Germany (1), Italy (2), Japan (6), Mozambique (2), New Zealand (2), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (12), United States (5: Alaska, Oregon)
Total: 104 collections including 125 occurrences
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