Family Solemyidae Adams and Adams 1857 (Awning Clam)
Synonym: Solemyacidae H. Adams and Adams 1857
Parent taxon: Solemyoidea according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
Sister taxa: Clinopisthidae, Ctenodontidae, Ovatoconchidae
Subtaxa: Acharax, Janacekiiinae, Janeia, Solemya, Solemyarina, Solemyinae, Vorkutella, Zesolemya
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-chemosymbiotic