†family Mutelidae Swainson 1840 (clam)

Bivalvia - Unionida - Mutelidae

Parent taxon: Unionacea according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009 and Newell 1965

Sister taxa: Actinodontophoridae, Margaritiferidae, Pachycardiidae, Sancticarolitidae, Unionidae

Subtaxa: Leila Mutela

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (1 collection), Kenya (1), Niger (3), Sudan (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Uganda (1)

Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences

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