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

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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

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