Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative spelling: Macoma (Cymatoica)
Parent taxon: Tellinidae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acorylus, Ameritella, Arcopagia, Arcopagiinae, Barytellina, Florimetis, Fragilia, Gastrana, Idatellina, Lavignon, Lutricola, Macoma, Macominae, Maera, Merisca, Metis, Nelltia, Peiricola, Serratina, Sourimis, Strigillinae, Tellina, Tellininae
Subtaxa: Cymatoica marcottae Cymatoica occidentalis Cymatoica orientalis Cymatoica undulata
Type: Macoma (Cymatoica) occidentalis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (3)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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