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) fuegiensis, Spisula (Spisula) guidoi, Spisula (Spisula) hualtaca, Spisula (Spisula) isabelleana, Spisula (Spisula) marplatensis, Spisula (Spisula) petitii, Spisula (Spisula) williamsi
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]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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