†family Frejidae Ratter and Cope 1998 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Frejidae

Alternative spelling: Frejdidae

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009 and Ratter and Cope 1998

Sister taxa: Arcidae, Catamarcaiidae, Cucullaeidae, Glycymerididae, Noetiidae, Parallelodontidae

Subtaxa: Freja Trecanolia Uskardita

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Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Sweden (3 collections), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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