Superfamily Mullerioidea Deshayes 1832 (clam)

Bivalvia - Unionida

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

Sister taxon: Unionoidea

Subtaxa: Etheriidae Iridinidae Mulleriidae

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (3 collections), Ethiopia (2), Niger (3), Sudan (4), Tanzania (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (8), Ethiopia (1), Uganda (1)

• Pliocene of Malawi (1), Tanzania (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Tanzania (2)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), Brazil (2), Colombia (1), Kenya (2), Peru (1)

• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Montana)

Total: 37 collections including 57 occurrences

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