Mactra (Mactra) glauca Born 1778 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Alternative combination: Mactra glauca

Full reference: I. Born. 1778. Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis - Pars I ma Testacea - Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k k Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien - Erster Theil - Schalthiere - Vindobonae 1-458

Belongs to Mactra (Mactra) according to A. J. W. Hendy 2007

See also Born 1778 and Wood 1850

Sister taxon: Mactra (Mactra) protoreevesii

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), the Netherlands (2)

• Pliocene of Belgium (1), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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