Bivalvia - Venerida - Mactridae
Alternative combinations: Mactra (Mulinia) pallida, Mactra pallida
Synonyms: Corbula altirostris Li 1930, Mactra (Mulinia) bistrigata Mörch 1861, Mactra angulata Reeve 1854, Mactra goniata Deshayes 1855, Mactra lacinata Carpenter 1856, Mulinia bradleyi Dall 1894, Mulinia camina Pilsbry and Olsson 1941, Mulinia donaciformis Gray 1837
Belongs to Mulinia according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Olsson 1964, Pilsbry and Olsson 1941, Signorelli 2019 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Mulinia alta, Mulinia bicolor, Mulinia byronensis, Mulinia chilota, Mulinia cleryana, Mulinia congesta, Mulinia edulis, Mulinia exalbida, Mulinia lateralis, Mulinia levicardo, Mulinia milesii, Mulinia modesta, Mulinia undulifera, Mulinia yaquinensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (2 collections), Panama (2), United States (5: California)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1)
• Miocene of Ecuador (1)
• Oligocene of France (4)
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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