Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Full reference: B. L. Clark and R. Arnold. 1923. Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(5):123-234
Belongs to Spisula (Hemimactra) according to B. L. Clark and R. Arnold 1923
Sister taxa: Hemimactra solidissima, Spisula (Hemimactra) confraga, Spisula (Hemimactra) harrisi, Spisula (Hemimactra) hemphillii, Spisula (Hemimactra) selbyensis, Spisula (Hemimactra) subparilis
Type specimen: UCMP IP 300066. Its type locality is China Beach, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Sooke Formation of Canada.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Canada (3: British Columbia collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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