Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative combinations: Hemimactra solidissima, Mactra solidissima, Spisula solidissima
Synonyms: Mactra gigantea Lamarck 1818, Mactra procera Dillwyn 1817, Mactra similis Say 1822, Spisula similis Say 1822
Belongs to Spisula (Hemimactra) according to J. H. Signorelli 2019
See also DuBar 1962, Hendy et al. 2008, Holmes 1860 and Spencer and Campbell 1987
Sister taxa: Spisula (Hemimactra) confraga, Spisula (Hemimactra) harrisi, Spisula (Hemimactra) raveneli, Spisula (Hemimactra) selbyensis, Spisula (Hemimactra) sookensis, Spisula (Hemimactra) subparilis
Subtaxa: Spisula solidissima acadica Spisula solidissima peninsulae
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (43: Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia collections)
• Pliocene of United States (6: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
Total: 49 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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