Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combinations: Macoma (Psammacoma) lamproleuca, Macoma lamproleuca, Tellina lamproleuca
Belongs to Psammacoma according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Cantalamessa et al. 2005, Keen 1971 and Olsson 1964
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 candida, Psammacoma carlottensis, Psammacoma democraciana, Psammacoma diphas, Psammacoma gatunensis, Psammacoma olivella, Psammacoma panamensis, Psammacoma tageliformis, Psammacoma talaor, Psammacoma torynoides, Psammacoma zapotalensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Ecuador (3)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1)
• Miocene of Ecuador (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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