Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combinations: Macoma balthica, Tellina balthica
Belongs to Macoma (Macoma) according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Coan et al. 2000, Hendy et al. 2008, Matthews 1967 and Wood 1850
Sister taxa: Macoma (Macoma) atsunaiensis, 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
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (61: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec collections), Greenland (3), Ireland (1), the Netherlands (4), Poland (4), the United Kingdom (8), United States (26: Alaska, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia)
• Pliocene of the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Alaska)
• Miocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 111 collections each including a single occurrence
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