Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combinations: Gastrana (Macoma) candida, Psammotaea candida
Belongs to Psammacoma according to E. V. Coan et al. 2000
See also Hendy 2007 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Macoma (Psammacoma) arctata, Macoma (Psammacoma) ecuadoriana, Macoma (Psammacoma) korobkovi, Macoma (Psammacoma) marmorea, Macoma (Psammacoma) riopirabica, Macoma (Psammacoma) siliqua, Macoma (Psammacoma) talarensis, Psammacoma (Psammacoma), Psammacoma carlottensis, Psammacoma democraciana, Psammacoma diphas, Psammacoma gatunensis, Psammacoma lamproleuca, Psammacoma olivella, Psammacoma panamensis, Psammacoma tageliformis, Psammacoma talaor, Psammacoma torynoides, Psammacoma zapotalensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Malekula [Malua Formation] (Pliocene of Vanuatu)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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