Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative spellings: Mactra (Harvella), Mactrella (Harvella)
Parent taxon: Mactrinae according to M. C. Perrilliat 1992
See also Anderson 1929, Olsson 1964 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Aliomactra, Allomactra, Andrusella, Avimactra, Crepispisula, Cryptomactra, Cymbophora, Diaphoromactra, Eopapyrina, Geltena, Labiosa, Mactra, Mactrellona, Mactrinula, Mactrodesma, Mactromeris, Nannomactra, Notospisula, Nymphactra, Ovamactra, Oxyperas, Priscomactra, Pseudocardium, Scalpomactra, Standella, Stereomactra, Telemactra, Trinitasia
Subtaxa: Harvella elegans Harvella sincola
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection), Panama (1), United States (2: California, North Carolina)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (3)
• Miocene of Colombia (6), Ecuador (1), Mexico (4), Panama (7)
Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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