†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

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Angola (5 collections), Curaçao (1), Nigeria (4), Peru (9), Saudi Arabia (1), Venezuela (5), Yemen (1)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Mali (3)

• Paleocene of Mali (1)

Total: 30 collections including 31 occurrences

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