†family Raetomyidae Newton 1919 (clam)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Raetomyidae
Synonym: Amotapidae Olsson 1928
Parent taxon: Myoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Newell 1965, Olsson 1928 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Corbulidae, Megadesmatidae, Myacidae, Myidae, Pleurodesmatidae, Rhaetomyidae
Subtaxa: Amotapas Amotapus Raetomya
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Angola (5 collections), the Netherlands Antilles (2), Nigeria (4), Peru (9), Saudi Arabia (1), Venezuela (5), Yemen (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Mali (3)
• Paleocene of Mali (1)
Total: 31 collections including 32 occurrences