Mulinia modesta Dall 1894 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative combinations: Mactra (Mulinia) pallida modesta, Mactra modesta, Mulinia pallida modesta
Belongs to Mulinia according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012, Grant, IV and Gale 1931 and Kanakoff and Emerson 1959
Sister taxa: Mulinia alta, Mulinia chilota, Mulinia cleryana, Mulinia coloradoensis, Mulinia congesta, Mulinia edulis, Mulinia lateralis, Mulinia milesii, Mulinia pallida, Mulinia undulifera, Mulinia yaquinensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at LACMIP Loc. 66-2, Newport Beach [Palos Verdes Sand] (Quaternary of California)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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