Mactra (Austromactra) rufescens Lamarck 1819 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Belongs to Mactra (Austromactra) according to K. Lamprell and T. Whitehead 1992

Sister taxa: Mactra (Austromactra) contraria, Spisula (Austromactra) contortula, Spisula (Austromactra) lamberti, Spisula (Austromactra) laudunensis, Spisula (Austromactra) loustauae, Spisula (Austromactra) parameces, Spisula (Austromactra) recondita

Subtaxa: Mactra rufescens

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mactra (Austromactra) rufescens in the database

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