Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combinations: Peronaea tenta, Tellina tenta
Belongs to Macoma according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Holmes 1858
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 elongata, Macoma fusca, Macoma inornata, Macoma kirkinskayae, Macoma lenis, Macoma limula, Macoma lissoni, Macoma marylandica, Macoma meroensis, Macoma montesanoensis, Macoma nasuta, Macoma osakaensis, Macoma pabloensis, Macoma quadrana, Macoma simizuensis, Macoma snohomishensis, Macoma sookensis, Macoma tenuiplicata, Macoma tigilensis, Macoma uruguayensis, Macoma viticola, Macoma wilcoxi, Macoma wynootcheensis, Macoma yamadai
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (8: Louisiana, South Carolina, Virginia collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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