Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Full reference: L. W. Ward. 1992. Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History 2
Parent taxon: Mactridae according to L. W. Ward 1992
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Darcinia, Darininae, Hemimactra, Longimactra, Lutrariinae, Mactrinae, Mactropsis, Mactrotoma, Mulinia, Mulinoides, Pteroluter, Pteropsis, Rangia, Scissodesma, Simomactra, Spisula, Tanysiphoninae, Willimactra, Zenatiinae, Gnathodon
Subtaxa: Leptomactra curtidens Leptomactra delumbis Leptomactra marylandica Leptomactra valhosierr
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (4: Florida, Virginia collections)
• Miocene of United States (20: Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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