Family Etheriidae Deshayes 1830 (clam)
Bivalvia - Unionida - Etheriidae
Parent taxon: Mullerioidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Iridinidae, Mulleriidae
Subtaxa: Etheria
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (2 collections), Ethiopia (2), Sudan (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Ethiopia (1)
• Miocene of Kenya (2)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence