Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative spelling: Mactra (Cymbophora)
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1869. Section II. Cretaceous Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 127-205
Parent taxon: Mactrinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Kosnik 2002, Packard 1916, Popenoe 1937, Sepkoski 2002, Speden 1970 and Tashiro and Kozai 1982
Sister taxa: Aliomactra, Allomactra, Andrusella, Avimactra, Crepispisula, Cryptomactra, Diaphoromactra, Eopapyrina, Geltena, Harvella, Labiosa, Mactra, Mactrellona, Mactrinula, Mactrodesma, Mactromeris, Nannomactra, Notospisula, Nymphactra, Ovamactra, Oxyperas, Priscomactra, Pseudocardium, Scalpomactra, Standella, Stereomactra, Telemactra, Trinitasia
Subtaxa: Cymbophora ashburnerii Cymbophora bella Cymbophora buttensis Cymbophora gabbiana Cymbophora moevusi Cymbophora nitidula Cymbophora ochilleana Cymbophora okadakensis Cymbophora popenoei Cymbophora stantoni Cymbophora suciensis Cymbophora triangulata Cymbophora warrenana Spisula (Cymbophora) berryi Spisula (Cymbophora) wordeni
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Thailand (1 collection)
• Eocene of United States (1: California)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Canada (16: Alberta, Saskatachewan), Chile (2), Colombia (1), Greenland (1), Japan (6), Nigeria (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (495: Alabama, Arizona, California, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming)
Total: 527 collections including 716 occurrences
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