Scissodesma Gray 1837 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative spelling: Schizodesma
Parent taxon: Mactridae according to A. J. W. Hendy 2007
Sister taxa: Darcinia, Darininae, Hemimactra, Leptomactra, Longimactra, Lutrariinae, Mactrinae, Mactropsis, Mactrotoma, Mulinia, Mulinoides, Pteroluter, Pteropsis, Rangia, Simomactra, Spisula, Tanysiphoninae, Willimactra, Zenatiinae, Gnathodon
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of South Africa (3 collections)
• Pliocene of South Africa (4)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences
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