Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative spelling: Macoma (Psammacoma)
Parent taxon: Macominae according to W. Tang et al. 2025
See also Coan et al. 2000, Gardner 1947, Kafanov and Ogasawara 2003, Moore 2003, Perrilliat 1992, Sepkoski 2002, Taylor and Glover 2004, Todd 2001 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Apolymetis, Bartrumia, Bartschicoma, Exotica, Macalia, Psammotreta, Temnoconcha
Subtaxa: Macoma (Psammacoma) arctata Macoma (Psammacoma) candida 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 olivella Psammacoma panamensis Psammacoma tageliformis Psammacoma talaor Psammacoma torynoides Psammacoma zapotalensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), Ecuador (3), Panama (1), United States (10: California, Florida, North Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Colombia (3), Costa Rica (5), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (2), Jamaica (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (4: Florida), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (3), Colombia (19), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (1), Mexico (4), Panama (72), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (2), Trinidad and Tobago (3), United States (47: California, Florida, Oregon, Washington), Venezuela (8)
• Oligocene of United States (12: California, Washington)
• Eocene of Peru (2)
Total: 214 collections including 221 occurrences
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