Family Veneridae Rafinesque 1815 (venus clam)
Invalid subtaxa: Chionidae Frizzell 1936, Circinae Dall 1896 [invalid subgroup], Cooperellidae Dall 1900, Cythereinae Gray 1838 [invalid subgroup], Gafrariinae Korobkov 1954, Garfariidae Korobkov 1954, Paphiinae Finlay 1928 [invalid subgroup]
Parent taxon: Veneroidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Glaucomyidae, Isocyprinidae, Lutetidae
Subtaxa: Ameghinomya, Austrocardilanx, Callistinae, Chamelea, Circe, Clementina, Cockburnia, Eurhomalea, Ezocallista, Gafrarium, Gemma, Gouldia, Macrocallista, Mercenaria, Meretricinae, Pitaria, Pitarinae, Pullastra, Sinodia, Sunettinae, Transennella, Venerinae, Venerupis, Venidia, Xenoloupia
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder