Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative combination: Spisula rushi
Full reference: C. M. Wagner and K. H. Schilling. 1923. The San Lorenzo Group of the San Emigdio region, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(6):235-276
Belongs to Mactromeris according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Addicott 1973 and Wagner and Schilling 1923
Sister taxa: Mactromeris abbotti, Mactromeris acutirostrata, Mactromeris aequilateralis, Mactromeris albaria, Mactromeris beali, Mactromeris bisculpturata, Mactromeris brevirostrata, Mactromeris capayana, Mactromeris catilliformis, Mactromeris coalingensis, Mactromeris eugenensis, Mactromeris gaviotaensis, Mactromeris hannibali, Mactromeris hemphillii, Mactromeris markleyensis, Mactromeris mercedensis, Mactromeris merriami, Mactromeris montereyana, Mactromeris mossbeachensis, Mactromeris muliniaformis, Mactromeris occidentalis, Mactromeris pittsburgensis, Mactromeris polynyma, Mactromeris ramonensis, Mactromeris sectoris, Mactromeris sisquocensis, Mactromeris subquadrata, Mactromeris tejonensis, Mactromeris tenuissima, Mactromeris trampasensis, Mactromeris voyi, Mactromeris weaveri
Type specimen: UCCIP 11422, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Oligocene of United States (8: California)
• Eocene of United States (7: California)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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