Subfamily Aspathariinae Modell 1942 (clam)
Bivalvia - Unionida - Iridinidae
Synonym: Spathopsinae Modell 1942
Parent taxon: Iridinidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Chambardia, Iridininae, Pleiodon
Subtaxa: Aspatharia Spathopsis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (2 collections), Niger (3), Sudan (4)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (7), Uganda (1)
• Pliocene of Malawi (1), Tanzania (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Tanzania (2)
Total: 21 collections including 29 occurrences