Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative combination: Mactra elliptica
Belongs to Spisula according to E. Bellomo 1993
Sister taxa: Mactra (Spisula) sammamishensis, Spisula (Austromactra), Spisula (Cymbophora), Spisula (Eomactra), Spisula (Notospisula), Spisula (Ruellia), Spisula (Spisula), Spisula (Spisulona), Spisula (Stereomactra), Spisula arcuata, Spisula brombachensis, Spisula callistaeformis, Spisula compressa, Spisula craspedota, Spisula decisa, Spisula dernburgi, Spisula hannibali, Spisula hemphillii, Spisula jacksonensis, Spisula obtruncata, Spisula paralis, Spisula parilis, Spisula praetanius, Spisula praetenuis, Spisula rappahannockensis, Spisula semisulcata, Spisula sookensis, Spisula sorachiensis, Spisula subcuneata, Spisula subtruncata, Spisula twinensis, Spisula veneriformis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ireland (1 collection), Italy (1), the Netherlands (5), the United Kingdom (3)
• Miocene of Germany (13)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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