Macoma (Macoma) atsunaiensis Honda 1988 (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Full reference: Y. Honda. 1988. Molluscan fossils from the Atsunai Group, Kushiro Coal Field, Eastern Hokkaido, Northern Japan. Sato Ho-on Kai Special Publication (Profesoor T. Kotaka Commemorartive Volume) 351-363

Belongs to Macoma (Macoma) according to Y. Honda 1988

Sister taxa: 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, Macoma (Macoma) virginiana

Type specimen: IGPS 97106-2, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Atsunai Fm - AN-20 (Miocene of Japan)

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