Spisula subtruncata da Costa 1778 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Alternative combinations: Mactra subtruncata, Trigonella subtruncata

Belongs to Spisula according to H. Moths et al. 2010

See also Henriques da Silva 1956, Schneider et al. 2005 and Wood 1850

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 elliptica, 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 twinensis, Spisula veneriformis

Subtaxa: Mactra subtruncata triangula

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Ireland (1 collection), Morocco (2), the Netherlands (1), Poland (6), Türkiye (2), the United Kingdom (15)

• Pliocene of Italy (3), the United Kingdom (1)

• Miocene of Belgium (12), Denmark (1), Germany (1), Italy (1), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (2), Poland (1), Sao Tome and Principe (1), Spain (1)

Total: 52 collections each including a single occurrence

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