Leptomactra valhosierr Gardner 1947 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Alternative combination: Spisula valhosierr

Belongs to Leptomactra according to L. W. Ward 1992

Sister taxa: Leptomactra curtidens, Leptomactra delumbis, Leptomactra marylandica

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS Loc3748 - Summerville Mill [Shoal River Fm], which is in a Serravallian marine marl/sandstone in the Shoal River Formation of Florida.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (6: Florida collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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