Mactrodesma ponderosa Conrad 1830 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Alternative combination: Mactra ponderosa
Belongs to Mactrodesma according to L. W. Ward 1992
See also Wood 1879
Sister taxon: Mactrodesma subponderosa
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Waldringfield, Suffolk (Wood collection) (Quaternary of the United Kingdom)
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