Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Full reference: D. Frassinetti. 1997. Moluscos del Plioceno Superior marino de Isla Guafo, Sur de Chile. Part 1. Bivalvia. BoletÃn del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile 46:55-79
Belongs to Mulinia according to D. Frassinetti 1997
Sister taxa: Mulinia alta, Mulinia bicolor, Mulinia byronensis, Mulinia cleryana, Mulinia congesta, Mulinia edulis, Mulinia exalbida, Mulinia lateralis, Mulinia levicardo, Mulinia milesii, Mulinia modesta, Mulinia pallida, Mulinia undulifera, Mulinia yaquinensis
Type specimen: SGO.PI.5659, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Chile (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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