Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative combination: Cardium stultorum
Belongs to Mactra according to S. V. Wood 1850
See also Frassinetti and Covacevich 1995
Sister taxa: Mactra (Barymactra), Mactra (Cyclomactra), Mactra (Electomactra), Mactra (Electromactra), Mactra (Heteromactra), Mactra (Mactra), Mactra (Mactrella), Mactra (Mactrona), Mactra (Maorimactra), Mactra (Nannomactra), Mactra (Sarmatimactra), Mactra (Stiphromactra), Mactra achatina, Mactra artopta, Mactra auca, Mactra austeniana, Mactra australis, Mactra axiniformis, Mactra clathrodon, Mactra cleryana, Mactra constricta, Mactra darwinii, Mactra diegoana, Mactra dissimilis, Mactra emmonsi, Mactra funerata, Mactra gibbsana, Mactra hamiltonensis, Mactra incomatensis, Mactra irizari, Mactra isabelleana, Mactra lilacea, Mactra maculata, Mactra marplatensis, Mactra mekranensis, Mactra mera, Mactra mississippiensis, Mactra oblonga, Mactra ovalis, Mactra patagonica, Mactra pellucida, Mactra procrassa, Mactra pusilla, Mactra queenslandica, Mactra sericea, Mactra solida, Mactra tripartita, Mactra truncata, Mactra tumbezia, Mactra tumida, Mactra turgida, Mactra utahensis, Trigonella plana, Mactra (Trigonella) arenaria
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
• Pliocene of the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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