†superfamily Palaeomuteloidea Lahusen 1897 (clam)
Parent taxon: Actinodontida according to V. V. Silantiev 2018
See also Carter et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Actinodontoidea, Amnigenioidea, Anodontopsoidea, Cycloconchoidea, Nyassoidea, Oriocrassatelloidea
Subtaxa: Palaeomutelidae
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