Macoma meroensis Olsson 1931 (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63)

Belongs to Macoma according to A. A. Olsson 1931

Sister taxa: Macoma (Austromacoma), Macoma (Bendemacoma), Macoma (Heteromacoma), Macoma (Macoma), Macoma (Macoploma), Macoma (Panacoma), Macoma (Psammacoma), Macoma (Rexithaerus), Macoma (Salmacoma), Macoma (Scissulina), Macoma albaria, Macoma astori, Macoma brota, Macoma constricta, Macoma costaricana, Macoma danai, Macoma edentula, Macoma fusca, Macoma inornata, Macoma kirkinskayae, Macoma lenis, Macoma limula, Macoma lissoni, Macoma marylandica, Macoma montesanoensis, Macoma nasuta, Macoma osakaensis, Macoma pabloensis, Macoma simizuensis, Macoma snohomishensis, Macoma sookensis, Macoma tenta, Macoma tenuiplicata, Macoma tigilensis, Macoma uruguayensis, Macoma viticola, Macoma wilcoxi, Macoma wynootcheensis, Macoma yamadai

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Ecuador (1 collection), Peru (2)

• Eocene of Peru (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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