Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Full reference: J. Bohm. 1926. Über Tertiäre versteinerungen von den Bogenfelser diamantfeldern. Beiträge zur geologischen Erforschung der deutschen Schutzgebiete 2:55-87
Belongs to Mactra according to J. Bohm 1926
Sister taxa: Mactra (Barymactra), Mactra (Cyclomactra), Mactra (Electomactra), Mactra (Electromactra), Mactra (Heteromactra), Mactra (Mactra), Mactra (Mactrella), Mactra (Mactrona), Mactra (Maorimactra), Mactra (Nannomactra), Mactra (Sarmatimactra), Mactra (Stiphromactra), Mactra achatina, Mactra artopta, Mactra auca, Mactra austeniana, Mactra australis, Mactra axiniformis, Mactra clathrodon, Mactra cleryana, Mactra constricta, Mactra darwinii, Mactra deshayesii, Mactra diegoana, Mactra dissimilis, Mactra emmonsi, Mactra epidermia, Mactra funerata, Mactra gibbsana, Mactra hamiltonensis, Mactra incomatensis, Mactra irizari, Mactra lilacea, Mactra maculata, Mactra mekranensis, Mactra mera, Mactra mississippiensis, Mactra nuttallii, Mactra ovalis, Mactra papyracea, Mactra patagonica, Mactra pellucida, Mactra procrassa, Mactra pusilla, Mactra queenslandica, Mactra sericea, Mactra solida, Mactra stultorum, Mactra tripartita, Mactra truncata, Mactra tumbezia, Mactra turgida, Mactra utahensis, Trigonella plana, Mactra (Trigonella) arenaria
Type specimen: Its type locality is Langental, NE of Bogenfels, which is in a Priabonian shallow subtidal siltstone/sandstone in the Langental Beds Formation of Namibia
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Langental, NE of Bogenfels
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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