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Raetomyidae

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Raetomyidae

Taxonomy

Raetomyidae was named by Newton (1919) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5041].

It was assigned to Myacea by Newell (1965), Vokes (1980); and to Myoidea by Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011).

Subtaxa

Amotapas, Amotapus, Raetomya

Synonyms

Amotapidae was named by Olsson (1928).

It was synonymized subjectively with Raetomyidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

It was assigned to Mytilacea by Olsson (1928).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1919	Raetomyidae Newton
1928	Amotapidae Olsson p. 22
1965	Raetomyidae Newell p. 21
1980	Raetomyidae Vokes p. 184
2010	Raetomyidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Raetomyidae Carter et al. p. 18

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Pholadiformii	Gray 1854
order	Pholadida	Gray 1854
superfamily	Myoidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Raetomyidae	Newton 1919
family	Raetomyidae	Newton 1919

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Raetomyidae Newton 1919

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G. †Amotapas Olsson 1930

G. †Amotapus Olsson 1928

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†Amotapus arbolensis Woods 1922

G. †Raetomya Newton 1919

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†Raetomya minuta Abbass 1972

†Raetomya schweinfurthi Mayer-Eymar 1887

Invalid names: Amotapidae Olsson 1928 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilesuperf

Life habit:

infaunalsuperf

Diet:

suspension feedersuperf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 13:50:12

Modified:

2009-09-09 15:50:50

Source: superf = superfamily, c = class

References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Paleocene to the top of the Priabonian or 61.66000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (30 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Paleocene - Eocene	66.0 - 33.9	Mali	Raetomya schweinfurthi (202362 202363 202364)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene	61.66 - 56.0	Mali	Raetomya schweinfurthi (115411)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Saudi Arabia (Ash Sharqiyah)	Raetomya minuta (42459)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	Angola	Raetomya schweinfurthi (89625)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Angola (Cabinda)	Raetomya schweinfurthi (89619 89620 89621 89622)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Nigeria	Raetomya schweinfurthi (51237 51239 51240 51241)
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	Peru (Ica)	Raetomya arbolensis (84680) Raetomya arbolensis, Amotapus arbolensis (84674)
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	Yemen	Raetomya sp. (47928)
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	Venezuela	Raetomya falconensis (134840)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Peru (Piura)	Amotapas arbolensis (52526 52527) Amotapus arbolensis (52536 88366)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Curaçao	Raetomya falconensis (60088)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	Venezuela	Raetomya falconensis (134866 134867) Raetomya sp. (42792)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	Peru (Piura)	Amotapus arbolensis (52523 88367)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Peru	Amotapus arbolensis (98346)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Venezuela	Raetomya falconensis (134847)