Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Parent taxon: Mactrinae according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aliomactra, Allomactra, Andrusella, Avimactra, Crepispisula, Cryptomactra, Cymbophora, Diaphoromactra, Eopapyrina, Geltena, Harvella, Labiosa, Mactra, Mactrinula, Mactrodesma, Mactromeris, Nannomactra, Notospisula, Nymphactra, Ovamactra, Oxyperas, Priscomactra, Pseudocardium, Scalpomactra, Standella, Stereomactra, Telemactra, Trinitasia
Subtaxa: Mactrellona alata Mactrellona exoleta Mactrellona tumbezia
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Colombia (3), Costa Rica (2), Ecuador (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Panama (7), Peru (1)
• Oligocene of Peru (2)
• Eocene of Venezuela (2)
Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences
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