Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative combinations: Labiosa (Labiosa) alata, Mactra (Mactrella) alata, Mactra alata, Mactrella alata
Synonyms: Mactra carinata Lamarck 1818, Mactra concentrica Bory de Saint Vincent 1827, Mactra laevigata Schumacher 1817
Belongs to Mactrellona according to J. H. Signorelli 2019
See also Maury 1917, Olsson 1922 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Mactrellona clisia, Mactrellona exoleta, Mactrellona subalata, Mactrellona tumbezia
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), Ecuador (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Panama (5)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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