Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative combinations: Mactra polynyma, Spisula polynyma
Synonyms: Mactra voyi Gabb 1866, Spisula (Hemimactra) voyi Gabb 1866, Spisula voyi Gabb 1866
Belongs to Mactromeris according to P. W. Moerdijk 2003
See also Arnold and Hannibal 1913, Coan et al. 2000, Hendy et al. 2008, MacNeil 1957, Packard 1916 and Powell et al. 2005
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 voyi, 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), United States (2: California)
• 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: 44 collections including 45 occurrences
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