Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative spelling: Mactra (Mulinia)
Parent taxon: Mactrinae according to J. H. Signorelli 2019
See also Anderson 1929, Clark and Arnold 1923, Gordillo 1991, Packard 1916, Sepkoski 2002, Ward and Blackwelder 1987 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Aliomactra, Allomactra, Andrusella, Avimactra, Crepispisula, Cryptomactra, Cymbophora, Diaphoromactra, Eopapyrina, Geltena, Harvella, Labiosa, Mactra, Mactrellona, Mactrinula, Mactrodesma, Mactromeris, Nannomactra, Notospisula, Nymphactra, Ovamactra, Oxyperas, Priscomactra, Pseudocardium, Rangia, Scalpomactra, Simomactra, Spisula, Standella, Stereomactra, Telemactra, Trinitasia, Tumbeziconcha
Subtaxa: Mulinia alta Mulinia bicolor Mulinia byronensis Mulinia chilota Mulinia cleryana Mulinia congesta Mulinia edulis Mulinia exalbida Mulinia lateralis Mulinia levicardo Mulinia milesii Mulinia modesta Mulinia pallida Mulinia undulifera Mulinia yaquinensis
Type: Mulinia edulis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Chile (11), Ecuador (3), Panama (2), Peru (16), United States (125: California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Chile (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene of Chile (6), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (2), Peru (5), Trinidad and Tobago (9), United States (45: Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene of Chile (1), Colombia (6), Ecuador (1), Panama (14), Peru (2), United States (11: Florida, New Jersey, Virginia), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene of France (4), United States (1: California)
• Eocene of Panama (3)
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 276 collections including 289 occurrences
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