†Spisula (Austromactra) Iredale 1930 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Alternative spelling: Mactra (Austromactra)

Parent taxon: Spisula according to J. Le Renard and J.-M. Pacaud 1995

See also Lamprell and Whitehead 1992

Sister taxa: Mactra (Spisula) sammamishensis, 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 subtruncata, Spisula twinensis, Spisula veneriformis

Subtaxa: Mactra (Austromactra) contraria Mactra (Austromactra) rufescens Spisula (Austromactra) contortula Spisula (Austromactra) lamberti Spisula (Austromactra) laudunensis Spisula (Austromactra) loustauae Spisula (Austromactra) parameces Spisula (Austromactra) recondita

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection), France (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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