Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combination: Tellina nasuta
Synonyms: Macoma jacalitosana Arnold 1909, Macoma kelseyi Dall 1900
Belongs to Macoma according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Addicott 1973, Ashley 1895, Coan et al. 2000, Loel and Corey 1932, Moore 1963, Moore 2003 and Woodring and Bramlette 1950
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 osakaensis, Macoma pabloensis, Macoma quadrana, Macoma simizuensis, Macoma snohomishensis, Macoma sookensis, Macoma tenta, Macoma tenuiplicata, Macoma tigilensis, Macoma uruguayensis, Macoma viticola, Macoma wilcoxi, Macoma wynootcheensis, Macoma yamadai
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), Mexico (1), United States (37: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Blancan of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: California, Oregon)
• Pliocene of Mexico (1), United States (10: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (10: California)
• Miocene of Mexico (1), United States (37: California)
• Oligocene of United States (5: California)
• Eocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 107 collections each including a single occurrence
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