Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative combination: Mactra congesta
Belongs to Mulinia according to A. A. Olsson and R. E. Petit 1964
Sister taxa: Mulinia alta, Mulinia chilota, Mulinia cleryana, Mulinia coloradoensis, Mulinia edulis, Mulinia lateralis, Mulinia milesii, Mulinia modesta, Mulinia pallida, Mulinia undulifera, Mulinia yaquinensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (7: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of United States (37: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene of United States (3: Virginia)
Total: 48 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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