†family Palaeomutelidae Weir 1967 (clam)
Bivalvia - Actinodontida - Palaeomutelidae
Parent taxon: Palaeomuteloidea according to V. V. Silantiev 2018
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011, Nevesskaja 2009 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Neonuculites Palaeomutela
Type: Palaeomutela
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Antarctica (1 collection), Brazil (5), China (4), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1), Malawi (2), the Russian Federation (21), South Africa (1), United States (1: Texas), Zambia (1)
Total: 37 collections including 95 occurrences