Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative combination: Mactra stantoni
Full reference: R. Arnold. 1908. Descriptions of new Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils from the Santa Cruz Mountains, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 34(1617):345-389
Belongs to Cymbophora according to L. R. Saul 1974
See also Anderson 1958, Arnold 1908 and Packard 1916
Sister taxa: Cymbophora ashburnerii, Cymbophora bella, Cymbophora buttensis, Cymbophora gabbiana, Cymbophora moevusi, Cymbophora nitidula, Cymbophora ochilleana, Cymbophora okadakensis, Cymbophora popenoei, Cymbophora suciensis, Cymbophora triangulata, Cymbophora warrenana, Spisula (Cymbophora) berryi, Spisula (Cymbophora) wordeni
Type specimen: USNM 31001, a valve
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (16: California collections)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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