Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative combination: Spisula jacksonesis
Belongs to Spisula according to M. A. Kosnik 2002
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 obtruncata, Spisula paralis, Spisula parilis, Spisula praetenuis, Spisula rappahannockensis, Spisula semisulcata, Spisula sookensis, Spisula sorachiensis, Spisula subcuneata, Spisula subtruncata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (37: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi collections)
Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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