Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative combinations: Mactra arcuata, Spisula (Spisula) arcuata
Belongs to Spisula according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Hendy 2007, Wood 1850 and Wood 1879
Sister taxa: Mactra (Spisula) sammamishensis, Spisula (Austromactra), Spisula (Cymbophora), Spisula (Eomactra), Spisula (Notospisula), Spisula (Ruellia), Spisula (Spisula), Spisula (Spisulona), Spisula (Stereomactra), 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 subcuneata, Spisula subtruncata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Iceland (2)
• Pliocene of Belgium (6), Iceland (7), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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