Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative combinations: Mactra compressa, Spisula (Austromactra) compressa
Belongs to Spisula according to Tracey et al 1995
See also Le Renard and Pacaud 1995
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 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:
• Eocene of France (2 collections), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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