Melaxinaea Iredale 1930 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Parent taxon: Glycymeridinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Africarca, Costaglycymeris, Ewekoromeris, Glycymeris, Glycymeris barbarensis, Glycymerita, Postligata, Tucetilla, Tucetonella
Subtaxa: Melaxinaea pectiniformis Melaxinaea vitrea
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Indonesia (1 collection), the Philippines (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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