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
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 (2), United States (7: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Jurassic of China (1)
Total: 126 collections including 163 occurrences