Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: D. Wilson. 1983. The Lee Creek enigma, Mclellania aenigma, a new taxon in fossil Cirrhipedia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 53:483-498
Belongs to Mclellania according to D. Wilson 1983
Sister taxa: Mercenaria blakei, Mercenaria campechiensis, Mercenaria capax, Mercenaria cuneata, Mercenaria druidi, Mercenaria ducatelli, Mercenaria erecta, Mercenaria gardnerae, Mercenaria langdoni, Mercenaria mercenaria, Mercenaria nannodes, Mercenaria permagna, Mercenaria plena, Mercenaria prodroma, Mercenaria tetrica, Mercenaria violacea
Type specimen: USNM 304378
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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