Mactra (Spisula) sammamishensis Durham 1944 (clam)

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

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