Bivalvia - Venerida - Mactridae
Alternative spellings: Mactra (Spisula), Spissula
Synonyms: Notospisula Iredale 1930, Spisula (Spisulona), Spisulina Fischer 1887, Spisulona
Parent taxon: Mactrinae according to J. H. Signorelli 2019
See also Adegoke 1977, Beu et al. 2004, Bohm 1926, Clark and Arnold 1923, Cox et al. 1969, Durham 1944, Glenn 1904, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hendy 2021, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Moore 1976, Moths et al. 2010, Nagao 1928, Olsson 1931, Olsson 1967, Packard 1916, Schneider et al. 2005, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1987, Uozumi 1955, Vokes 1980, Ward 1992, Ward and Blackwelder 1987, Wienrich 1999 and Wilson 2002
Sister taxa: Aliomactra, Allomactra, Andrusella, Avimactra, Crassula, Crepispisula, Cryptomactra, Cymbophora, Diaphoromactra, Eopapyrina, Geltena, Harvella, Labiosa, Mactra, Mactrellona, Mactrinula, Mactrodesma, Mactromeris, Mulinia, Nannomactra, Nymphactra, Ovamactra, Oxyperas, Priscomactra, Pseudocardium, Rangia, Scalpomactra, Simomactra, Standella, Stereomactra, Telemactra, Trinitasia, Tumbeziconcha
Subtaxa: Mactra (Spisula) sammamishensis Notospisula trigonella Spisula (Austromactra) Spisula (Crassula) Spisula (Cymbophora) Spisula (Eomactra) Spisula (Hemimactra) Spisula (Notospisula) Spisula (Notospisula) Spisula (Ruellia) Spisula (Spisula) 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 twinensis Spisula veneriformis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (3 collections), Belgium (1), Brazil (5), Greece (1), Iceland (2), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Morocco (2), the Netherlands (5), New Zealand (1), Poland (6), Türkiye (2), the United Kingdom (21), United States (57: California, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Uruguay (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (3)
• Pliocene of Belgium (8), the Dominican Republic (1), Iceland (7), Italy (3), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (3), Panama (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (25: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (2: California)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Belgium (12), Denmark (1), the Dominican Republic (4), Germany (16), Greece (2), Italy (1), Japan (8), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (2), Panama (1), Poland (1), Sao Tome and Principe (1), Spain (1), United States (78: Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington)
• Oligocene of Canada (3: British Columbia), Japan (3), the Russian Federation (3), United States (39: Alaska, California, Florida, Mississippi, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (3), Japan (3), Nigeria (5), Peru (3), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (112: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia), Venezuela (2)
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 490 collections including 579 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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