†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
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