Parent taxon: Dreissenoitei according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006 and Bouchet et al. 2010
Sister taxon: Dreissenoidea
Subtaxa: Kijidae Sibireconchidae Sphaeriidae
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 (5), France (1), Japan (2), United States (7: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Jurassic of China (2)
• Triassic of China (1)
Total: 129 collections including 167 occurrences