Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Full reference: L. R. Saul. 1973. Evidence for the origin of the Mactridae (Bivalvia) in the Cretaceous. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 97:1-51
Parent taxon: Mactridae according to L. R. Saul 1973
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Darcinia, Darininae, Hemimactra, Leptomactra, Longimactra, Lutrariinae, Mactrinae, Mactropsis, Mactrotoma, Mulinia, Mulinoides, Pteropsis, Rangia, Scissodesma, Simomactra, Spisula, Tanysiphoninae, Willimactra, Zenatiinae, Gnathodon
Subtaxa: Pteroluter othnius
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: California collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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