Neomiodontidae

Neomiodon sp., from Vullo et al. (2014). Scale bar = 5 mm.

Belongs within: Heterodonta.

The Neomiodontidae are a Late Jurassic to Cretaceous group of clams that inhabited fresh and brackish waters.

<==Neomiodontidae KC02
    |--Myrene tetoriensis KC02
    |--Musculiopsis G88
    |--Eomiodon SB93
    |    |--E. lunulatus (Yokoyama 1904) SB93
    |    `--E. matsubasensis Tamura 1977 SB93
    `--Neomiodon Fischon 1887 ZZ88
         |--N. brongniati ZZ88
         |--N. guyangensis ZZ88
         |--N. latoovatus ZZ88
         |    |--N. l. latoovatus ZZ88
         |    `--N. l. caudatus ZZ88
         |--N. liaoningensis [=Corbicula (Mesocorbicula) liaoningensis, Neomiodonoides liaoningensis] ZZ88
         |--N. pararotundus Zhu 1976 ZZ88
         |--N. rotundus (Martinson 1961) [=Limnocyrena rotunda] ZZ88
         |--N. sinensis ZZ88
         |--N. sublaevis ZZ88
         |--N. volselliformis Zhu 1980 ZZ88
         `--N. yumenensis ZZ88

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[G88] Gray, J. 1988. Evolution of the freshwater ecosystem: the fossil record. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 62: 1–214.

[KC02] Komatsu, T., K. Chinzei, M. S. Zakhera & H. Matsuoka. 2002. Jurassic soft-bottom oyster Crassostrea from Japan. Palaeontology 45 (6): 1037–1048.

[SB93] Skelton, P. W., & M. J. Benton. 1993. Mollusca: Rostroconchia, Scaphopoda and Bivalvia. In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 237–263. Chapman & Hall: London.

[ZZ88] Zhu G.-X. & Zhou Y.-Z. 1988. Fresh-water molluscan fauna across Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary in southeast Jilin. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 27 (6): 713–721.