Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative combination: Spisula (Hemimactra) acutirostrata
Full reference: E. L. Packard. 1916. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Mactrinae of the Pacific Coast of North America. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(16):261-360
Belongs to Mactromeris according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Packard 1916
Sister taxa: Mactromeris abbotti, Mactromeris aequilateralis, Mactromeris albaria, Mactromeris beali, Mactromeris bisculpturata, Mactromeris brevirostrata, Mactromeris capayana, Mactromeris catilliformis, Mactromeris coalingensis, Mactromeris eugenensis, Mactromeris gaviotaensis, Mactromeris hannibali, Mactromeris hemphillii, Mactromeris markleyensis, Mactromeris mercedensis, Mactromeris merriami, Mactromeris montereyana, Mactromeris mossbeachensis, Mactromeris muliniaformis, Mactromeris occidentalis, Mactromeris pittsburgensis, Mactromeris polynyma, Mactromeris ramonensis, Mactromeris rushi, Mactromeris sectoris, Mactromeris sisquocensis, Mactromeris subquadrata, Mactromeris tejonensis, Mactromeris tenuissima, Mactromeris trampasensis, Mactromeris voyi, Mactromeris weaveri
Type specimen: UCMP 33377, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: California, Oregon collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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