†family Thoraliidae Morris 1980 (clam)
Bivalvia - Uniomorphi - Thoraliidae
Full reference: N. J. Morris. 1980. A new Lower Ordovician bivalve family, the Thoraliidae (? Nuculoida), interpreted as actinodont deposit feeders. Bulletin of the British Museum Natural History (Geology Series) 34:265-272
Parent taxon: Uniomorphi according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Morris 1980 and Nevesskaja 2009
Sister taxon: Unioni
Subtaxa: Thoralia
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: