Anatina anatina Spengler 1802 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anatinellidae

Alternative combinations: Labiosa anatina, Mactra anatina

Synonyms: Anatina pellucida Schumacher 1817, Labiosa lineata Say 1822, Lutraria lineata Say 1822, Mactra nuttallii Reeve 1854, Mactra papyracea Lamarck 1818, Mactra recurva Wood 1828, Raeta lineata Say 1822

Belongs to Anatina according to J. H. Signorelli 2019

See also Hendy et al. 2008, Holmes 1858, Olsson 1922, Richards 1962 and Rosenberg 2005

Sister taxa: Anatina amici, Anatina arcuata, Anatina arista, Anatina austinensis, Anatina baldassari, Anatina claibornensis, Anatina cyprinus, Anatina gladius, Anatina lata, Anatina millepunctata, Anatina parvula, Anatina passeri, Anatina praecursor, Anatina putatoria, Anatina roseburgensis, Anatina shattucki, Anatina suessi, Anatina zannoni

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida, South Carolina collections), Uruguay (1)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2)

• Miocene of Venezuela (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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