Mulinoides (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Parent taxon: Mactridae according to T. J. Devries 2019

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Darcinia, Darininae, Hemimactra, Leptomactra, Longimactra, Lutrariinae, Mactrinae, Mactropsis, Mactrotoma, Mulinia, Pteroluter, Pteropsis, Rangia, Scissodesma, Simomactra, Spisula, Tanysiphoninae, Willimactra, Zenatiinae, Gnathodon

Subtaxa: Mulinoides plenicostatus

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Peru (2 collections)

• Cretaceous of Cameroon (1), Chile (1), Nigeria (1), Peru (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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