Bivalvia - Venerida - Mactridae
Belongs to Spisula according to W.O. Addicott 1976
See also Clark 1925
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 praetenuis, Spisula rappahannockensis, Spisula semisulcata, Spisula sorachiensis, Spisula subcuneata, Spisula subtruncata, Spisula twinensis, Spisula veneriformis, Notospisula trigonella
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Oregon, Washington collections)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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