Bivalvia - Venerida - Mactridae
Alternative combination: Mactra praetenuis
Belongs to Spisula according to W. H. Dall 1898
See also Kosnik 2002 and Palmer and Brann 1965
Sister taxa: Mactra (Spisula) sammamishensis, 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 rappahannockensis, Spisula semisulcata, Spisula sookensis, Spisula sorachiensis, Spisula subcuneata, Spisula subtruncata, Spisula twinensis, Spisula veneriformis, Notospisula trigonella
Type specimen: ANSP 20391, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (22: Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Virginia collections)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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