Bivalvia - Venerida - Mactridae

Alternative combinations: Schizodesma abscissa, Spisula (Hemimactra) abscissa, Spisula (Stereomactra) abscissa, Spisula abscissa

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1866. Section I. Tertiary Invertebrate Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 1-38

Belongs to Stereomactra according to E. J. Moore 2003

See also Gabb 1866, Hoots 1931, Packard 1916 and Stewart 1930

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hoots locality 53, east of Cahuenga Park, Santa Monica Mountains (Miocene of California)

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