Superfamily Manzanelloidea Chronic 1952 (clam)

Bivalvia - Solemyida

Parent taxon: Solemyida according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012

See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011, Coan et al. 2000, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008 and Nevesskaja 2009

Sister taxon: Solemyoidea

Subtaxa: Manzanellidae Nucinellidae

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Philippines (1 collection), United States (6: California, Florida)

• Pliocene of Belgium (3), Ecuador (1), Italy (1), Panama (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Florida)

• Miocene of Germany (1), Japan (1), Panama (2), United States (3: Florida, Vermont)

• Oligocene of Colombia (1), Germany (1)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Japan (1)

• Eocene of Belgium (2), France (1), Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Louisiana, Oregon)

• Paleocene of Denmark (2), France (1)

• Cretaceous of Japan (2), New Zealand (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5), United States (1: California)

• Jurassic of Germany (26), Italy (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), the United Kingdom (8)

• Triassic of Italy (1), the Russian Federation (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), United States (1: Oregon)

• Permian of United States (11: Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico)

Total: 101 collections including 102 occurrences

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