Bivalvia - Venerida - Mactridae
Alternative combinations: Mactra polynyma, Spisula polynyma
Invalid subtaxa: Callista voyi Gabb 1866, Mactra grayana Schrenk 1867, Mactra loebbeckeana Weinkauff 1881, Mactra ovalis Gould 1841 [replaced name], Mactra voyi Gabb 1866, Mactromeris voyi Gabb 1866, Spisula (Hemimactra) voyi Gabb 1866, Spisula alaskana Dall 1894, Spisula korolevae Zhidkova et al 1972, Spisula polynyma voyi Gabb 1866, Spisula vladivostokensi Bartsch 1929, Spisula voyi Gabb 1866
Belongs to Mactromeris according to J. H. Signorelli 2019
See also Arnold and Hannibal 1913, Coan et al. 2000, Gabb 1866, Hendy et al. 2008, MacNeil 1957, Moerdijk 2003, Moore 2003, Packard 1916, Powell et al. 2005 and Stewart 1930
Sister taxa: Mactromeris abbotti, Mactromeris acutirostrata, 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 ramonensis, Mactromeris rushi, Mactromeris sectoris, Mactromeris sisquocensis, Mactromeris subquadrata, Mactromeris tejonensis, Mactromeris tenuissima, Mactromeris trampasensis, Mactromeris weaveri
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (1: Nova Scotia), United States (4: Alaska, Maine, Oregon)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Oregon)
• Pliocene of Japan (2), the Russian Federation (2)
• Miocene of Japan (1), the Russian Federation (18), United States (8: Alaska)
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (2)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 42 collections including 43 occurrences
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