Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative combinations: Mactra subtruncata, Trigonella subtruncata
Belongs to Spisula according to H. Moths et al. 2010
See also Schneider et al. 2005 and Wood 1850
Sister taxa: Mactra (Spisula) sammamishensis, Spisula (Austromactra), Spisula (Cymbophora), Spisula (Eomactra), Spisula (Notospisula), Spisula (Ruellia), Spisula (Spisula), Spisula (Spisulona), Spisula (Stereomactra), Spisula arcuata, Spisula brombachensis, Spisula callistaeformis, Spisula compressa, Spisula craspedota, Spisula decisa, Spisula dernburgi, Spisula elliptica, Spisula hannibali, Spisula jacksonensis, Spisula obtruncata, Spisula paralis, Spisula parilis, Spisula praetenuis, Spisula rappahannockensis, Spisula semisulcata, Spisula sookensis, Spisula sorachiensis, Spisula subcuneata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ireland (1 collection), Morocco (2), the Netherlands (1), Poland (6), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (15)
• Pliocene of Italy (3), the United Kingdom (2)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Belgium (12), Denmark (1), Germany (1), Italy (1), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (2), Poland (1), Spain (1)
Total: 53 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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