Lutraria lutraria Linnaeus 1767 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative combination: Mactra lutraria
Belongs to Lutraria according to S. V. Wood 1850
Sister taxa: Lutraria (Cryptodon), Lutraria (Lutraria), Lutraria (Psammophila), Lutraria australis, Lutraria elliptica, Lutraria oblonga, Lutraria papyria, Lutraria philippinarum, Lutraria traskei
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ireland (1 collection), Morocco (1), Namibia (2), the Netherlands (2), South Africa (2)
• Pliocene of the United Kingdom (4)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Italy (2), Moldova (3)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
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