Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Full reference: J. W. Durham. 1944. Megafaunal zones of the Oligocene of northwestern Washington. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 27:101 -212
Belongs to Mactra (Spisula) according to J. W. Durham 1944
Sister taxa: Spisula (Austromactra), Spisula (Cymbophora), Spisula (Eomactra), Spisula (Notospisula), Spisula (Ruellia), Spisula (Spisula), Spisula (Spisulona), Spisula (Stereomactra), Spisula arcuata, Spisula brombachensis, Spisula callistaeformis, Spisula compressa, Spisula craspedota, Spisula decisa, Spisula dernburgi, Spisula elliptica, Spisula hannibali, Spisula jacksonensis, Spisula obtruncata, Spisula paralis, Spisula parilis, Spisula praetenuis, Spisula rappahannockensis, Spisula semisulcata, Spisula sookensis, Spisula sorachiensis, Spisula subcuneata, Spisula subtruncata
Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP A3710, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Blakeley Formation of Washington
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at UCMP A3710
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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