Spisula (Spisula) summa Olsson 1928 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1928. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 1. Bulletins of American Paleontology 14(52)

Belongs to Spisula (Spisula) according to A. A. Olsson 1928

Sister taxa: Spisula (Spisula) albertantonorum, Spisula (Spisula) caleta, Spisula (Spisula) hualtaca

Type specimen: Its type locality is Restin [Pale Greda Fm], which is in a Lutetian coastal shale in the Pale Greda Formation of Peru

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Restin [Pale Greda Fm]

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