Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combination: Macoma (Psammacoma) olivella
Synonyms: Macoma (Psammacoma) tracta Dall 1900, Psammacoma yaquensis Maury 1917
Belongs to Psammacoma according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Gardner 1947
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 lamproleuca, Psammacoma panamensis, Psammacoma tageliformis, Psammacoma talaor, Psammacoma torynoides, Psammacoma zapotalensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), Jamaica (2)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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