Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combinations: Macoma moesta, Tellina (Macoma) moesta, Tellina moesta
Belongs to Macoma (Macoma) according to E. V. Coan et al. 2000
See also Hendy et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Macoma (Macoma) atsunaiensis, Macoma (Macoma) balthica, Macoma (Macoma) calcarea, Macoma (Macoma) calhounensis, Macoma (Macoma) carolinensis, Macoma (Macoma) cookei, Macoma (Macoma) crassula, Macoma (Macoma) elimata, Macoma (Macoma) galathea, Macoma (Macoma) golikovi, Macoma (Macoma) incongrua, Macoma (Macoma) inquinata, Macoma (Macoma) lama, Macoma (Macoma) lipara, Macoma (Macoma) loveni, Macoma (Macoma) menkeni, Macoma (Macoma) middendorffi, Macoma (Macoma) nasuta, Macoma (Macoma) obliqua, Macoma (Macoma) paralenis, Macoma (Macoma) praetenuis, Macoma (Macoma) sheridani, Macoma (Macoma) torelli, Macoma (Macoma) twinensis, Macoma (Macoma) virginiana
Subtaxa: Tellina (Macoma) moesta loveni
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (3: Nunavut collections), Greenland (1), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of the Russian Federation (5), United States (6: Alaska)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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