Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1925. Pelecypod from the Marine Oligocene of Western North America. PaleoBios 15(4):69-136
Belongs to Spisula according to B. L. Clark 1925
Sister taxa: Mactra (Spisula) sammamishensis, 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 hemphillii, Spisula jacksonensis, Spisula obtruncata, Spisula paralis, Spisula parilis, Spisula praetanius, Spisula praetenuis, Spisula rappahannockensis, Spisula semisulcata, Spisula sookensis, Spisula sorachiensis, Spisula subcuneata, Spisula subtruncata, Spisula veneriformis
Type specimen: LSJU 57. Its type locality is SUNP #120 - Twin Rivers (Blakeley Formation), which is in a Chattian coastal sandstone in the Blakeley Formation of Washington.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Washington collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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