Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combination: Macoma copelandi
Full reference: L. W. Wiedey. 1928. Notes on the Vaqueros and Temblor formations of the California Miocene with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 5(10):95-182
Belongs to Macoma (Rexithaerus) according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Wiedey 1928
Sister taxa: Macoma (Rexithaerus) addicotti, Macoma (Rexithaerus) andersoni, Macoma (Rexithaerus) dexioptera, Macoma (Rexithaerus) diabloensis, Macoma (Rexithaerus) indentata, Macoma (Rexithaerus) panzana, Macoma (Rexithaerus) rosa, Macoma (Rexithaerus) sespeensis, Macoma (Rexithaerus) vanvlecki, Rexithaerus expansa, Rexithaerus secta
Type specimen: SDSNH 37, a valve. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 432, which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the Temblor Formation of California.
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (5: California collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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