Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combinations: Macoma obliqua, Tellina obliqua
Belongs to Macoma (Macoma) according to A. J. W. Hendy 2007
See also Wood 1850 and Wright 1972
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) 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 Belgium (1 collection), Iceland (1), the Netherlands (6), the United Kingdom (13), United States (5: California)
• Pliocene of Belgium (6), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
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