Bivalvia - Actinodontida - Palaeomutelidae
Synonyms: Hinganodon Liang 1982, Rectodontia Tschernyschew 1943, Solonodon Liang 1982
Parent taxon: Palaeomutelidae according to V. V. Silantiev 2018
See also Amalitsky 1895, Bouchet et al. 2010, Fang et al. 2009, Silantiev and Carter 2015 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxon: Neonuculites
Subtaxa: Hinganodon triangulatum Palaeomutela (Palaeanodonta) Palaeomutela australis Palaeomutela curiosa Palaeomutela golubevi Palaeomutela keyserlingi Palaeomutela krotowi Palaeomutela larae Palaeomutela neglecta Palaeomutela numerosa Palaeomutela oblonga Palaeomutela ovatiformis Palaeomutela platinensis Palaeomutela qinghaiensis Palaeomutela quadriangularis Palaeomutela rhomboidalis Palaeomutela stegocephalum Palaeomutela subparallela Palaeomutela triangulata Palaeomutela ulemensis Palaeomutela umbonata Palaeomutela wohrmani
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Antarctica (1 collection), Brazil (5), China (3), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1), Malawi (2), the Russian Federation (21), South Africa (1), United States (1: Texas), Zambia (1)
Total: 36 collections including 94 occurrences
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