Family Mulleriidae Deshayes 1832 (clam)

Bivalvia - Unionida - Mulleriidae

Synonym: Pseudomulleriidae Starobogatov 1970

Parent taxon: Mullerioidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bouchet et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Etheriidae, Iridinidae

Subtaxa: Leilinae Monocondylaeinae Mulleria Mulleriinae Mycetopodinae Pseudomulleria

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection), Brazil (2), Colombia (1), Peru (1)

• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 7 collections including 9 occurrences

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