Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Belongs to Spisula according to M. A. Kosnik 2002
See also Harris 1919
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 dernburgi, Spisula elliptica, Spisula hannibali, Spisula jacksonensis, Spisula obtruncata, Spisula paralis, Spisula parilis, Spisula praetenuis, Spisula rappahannockensis, Spisula semisulcata, Spisula sookensis, Spisula sorachiensis, Spisula subcuneata, Spisula subtruncata
Subtaxa: Spisula decisa palmaris
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (7: Alabama, South Carolina collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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