Psammacoma tageliformis Dall 1900 (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Alternative combination: Macoma tageliformis

Belongs to Psammacoma according to W. P. Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Macoma (Psammacoma) arctata, Macoma (Psammacoma) ecuadoriana, Macoma (Psammacoma) korobkovi, Macoma (Psammacoma) marmorea, Macoma (Psammacoma) riopirabica, Macoma (Psammacoma) siliqua, Macoma (Psammacoma) talarensis, Psammacoma (Psammacoma), Psammacoma candida, Psammacoma carlottensis, Psammacoma democraciana, Psammacoma diphas, Psammacoma gatunensis, Psammacoma lamproleuca, Psammacoma olivella, Psammacoma panamensis, Psammacoma talaor, Psammacoma torynoides, Psammacoma zapotalensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: Florida collection), Venezuela (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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