Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative combinations: Mactra (Harvella) elegans, Mactra elegans, Mactrella (Harvella) elegans
Synonyms: Harvella pacifica Conrad 1867, Mactra (Harvella) sanctiblasii Maury 1925, Mactra estrellana Olsson 1922, Raeta maxima Li 1930
Belongs to Harvella according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Anderson 1929, Olsson 1964, Perrilliat 1992 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxon: Harvella sincola
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection), Panama (1), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), Ecuador (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (6), Ecuador (1), Panama (9)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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