Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative combinations: Hemimactra occidentalis, Spisula (Hemimactra) occidentalis, Spisula (Mactromeris) occidentalis, Spisula occidentalis
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1869. Section I. Tertiary Invertebrate Fossils. Part II. Description of New Species (Continued). Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 39-64
Belongs to Mactromeris according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Clark 1918, Gabb 1869, Packard 1916 and Stewart 1930
Sister taxa: Mactromeris abbotti, Mactromeris acutirostrata, Mactromeris aequilateralis, Mactromeris albaria, Mactromeris beali, Mactromeris bisculpturata, Mactromeris brevirostrata, Mactromeris capayana, Mactromeris catilliformis, Mactromeris coalingensis, Mactromeris eugenensis, Mactromeris gaviotaensis, Mactromeris hannibali, Mactromeris hemphillii, Mactromeris markleyensis, Mactromeris mercedensis, Mactromeris merriami, Mactromeris montereyana, Mactromeris mossbeachensis, Mactromeris muliniaformis, Mactromeris pittsburgensis, Mactromeris polynyma, Mactromeris ramonensis, Mactromeris rushi, Mactromeris sectoris, Mactromeris sisquocensis, Mactromeris subquadrata, Mactromeris tejonensis, Mactromeris tenuissima, Mactromeris trampasensis, Mactromeris voyi, Mactromeris weaveri
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mactromeris occidentalis in the database
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