Bivalvia - Actinodontida - Palaeomutelidae
Alternative spelling: Palaeanodonta
Full reference: W. Amalitsky. 1895. A comparison of the Permian freshwater Lamellibranchiata from Russia with those from the Karoo System of South Africa. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 51:337-351
Parent taxon: Palaeomutela according to V. V. Silantiev and J. G. Carter 2015
See also Amalitsky 1895, Bouchet et al. 2010 and Bradshaw 1984
Sister taxa: 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, Hinganodon triangulatum
Subtaxa: Palaeanodonta dubia Palaeanodonta fischeri Palaeanodonta fuyuanensis Palaeanodonta pseudolongissima Palaeanodonta yunnanensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Antarctica (1 collection), China (2), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Texas), Zambia (1)
Total: 7 collections including 9 occurrences