Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1912. A contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15:1-112
Belongs to Mactra according to C. J. Maury 1912
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 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 stultorum, Mactra tripartita, Mactra truncata, Mactra tumbezia, Mactra tumida, Mactra turgida, Mactra utahensis, Mactra (Trigonella) arenaria, Trigonella plana
Type specimen: PRI (unknown number), a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 1000 ft W of Brighton Pier (Miocene of Trinidad and Tobago)
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