Mactromya groenlandica Rosenkrantz 1934 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae

Full reference: A. Rosenkrantz. 1934. The Lower Jurassic Rocks of East Greenland Part 1. Meddelelser Om Gronland 110(1):4-122

Belongs to Mactromya according to A. Rosenkrantz 1934

Sister taxa: Mactromya aequalis, Mactromya cardioides, Mactromya crassa, Mactromya daghaniensis, Mactromya quadrata, Mactromya rugosa, Mactromya verioti

Type specimen: Its type locality is West of Lakse Elv, Bed 1, which is in a Pliensbachian marine sandstone in the Cape Stewart Beds Formation of Greenland

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Greenland (21 collections)

Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence

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