†Raetomya Newton 1919 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Raetomyidae

Parent taxon: Raetomyidae according to L. R. Cox et al. 1969

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Rivera 1957 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amotapas, Amotapus

Subtaxa: Raetomya minuta Raetomya schweinfurthi

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Angola (5 collections), the Netherlands Antilles (1), Nigeria (4), Saudi Arabia (1), Venezuela (5), Yemen (1)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Mali (3)

• Paleocene of Mali (1)

Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence

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