Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combination: Macoma virginiana
Belongs to Macoma (Macoma) according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Gardner 1943
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) moesta, Macoma (Macoma) nasuta, Macoma (Macoma) obliqua, Macoma (Macoma) paralenis, Macoma (Macoma) praetenuis, Macoma (Macoma) sheridani, Macoma (Macoma) torelli, Macoma (Macoma) twinensis
Subtaxa: Macoma virginiana conradi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (4: Florida, South Carolina collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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