Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63)
Belongs to Mactra according to A. A. Olsson 1931
Sister taxa: Mactra (Barymactra), Mactra (Cyclomactra), Mactra (Electomactra), Mactra (Electromactra), Mactra (Heteromactra), Mactra (Mactra), Mactra (Mactrella), Mactra (Mactrona), Mactra (Maorimactra), Mactra (Nannomactra), Mactra (Sarmatimactra), Mactra (Stiphromactra), Mactra achatina, Mactra artopta, Mactra auca, Mactra austeniana, Mactra australis, Mactra axiniformis, Mactra clathrodon, Mactra cleryana, Mactra constricta, Mactra darwinii, Mactra deshayesii, Mactra diegoana, Mactra dissimilis, Mactra emmonsi, Mactra epidermia, Mactra funerata, Mactra gibbsana, Mactra hamiltonensis, Mactra incomatensis, Mactra irizari, Mactra lilacea, Mactra maculata, Mactra mekranensis, Mactra mera, Mactra mississippiensis, Mactra nuttallii, Mactra ovalis, Mactra papyracea, Mactra patagonica, Mactra pellucida, Mactra procrassa, Mactra pusilla, Mactra queenslandica, Mactra sericea, Mactra solida, Mactra stultorum, Mactra tripartita, Mactra truncata, Mactra tumida, Mactra turgida, Mactra utahensis, Mactra (Trigonella) arenaria, Trigonella plana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Basal Heath or Caleto Mero Shales, which is in an Oligocene shoreface sandstone/shale in the Heath Formation of Peru
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mactra tumbezia in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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