Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combination: Macoma (Psammacoma) democraciana
Belongs to Psammacoma according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
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 diphas, Psammacoma gatunensis, Psammacoma lamproleuca, Psammacoma olivella, Psammacoma panamensis, Psammacoma tageliformis, Psammacoma talaor, Psammacoma torynoides, Psammacoma zapotalensis
Type specimen: PRI 24031, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Hodson Loc. 86 [Urumaco Fm] (Miocene of Venezuela)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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