Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative combination: Mactra subcuneata
Belongs to Spisula according to L. W. Ward 1992
Sister taxa: Mactra (Spisula) sammamishensis, Spisula (Austromactra), Spisula (Cymbophora), Spisula (Eomactra), Spisula (Notospisula), Spisula (Ruellia), Spisula (Spisula), Spisula (Spisulona), Spisula (Stereomactra), Spisula arcuata, Spisula brombachensis, Spisula callistaeformis, Spisula compressa, Spisula craspedota, Spisula decisa, Spisula dernburgi, Spisula elliptica, Spisula hannibali, Spisula jacksonensis, Spisula obtruncata, Spisula paralis, Spisula parilis, Spisula praetenuis, Spisula rappahannockensis, Spisula semisulcata, Spisula sookensis, Spisula sorachiensis, Spisula subtruncata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (5: Maryland collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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