Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Parent taxon: Macominae according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Apolymetis, Bartrumia, Exotica, Macalia, Temnoconcha
Subtaxa: Psammotreta (Ardeamya) Psammotreta (Leporimetis) Psammotreta (Psammotreta) Psammotreta (Pseudometis) Psammotreta (Tellinimactra) Psammotreta aurora Psammotreta grandis Psammotreta hadra Psammotreta tenuicula
Type: Tellina aurora
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cayman Islands (2 collections), Ecuador (2), Jamaica (1), Japan (2), Mexico (6), Panama (1), Peru (1), South Africa (1), Thailand (1), United States (21: California, Florida)
• Pliocene of Chile (6), Colombia (2), Ecuador (3), Mexico (1), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (8: California)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), Colombia (6), Germany (1), Italy (1), Mexico (2), Panama (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (4), United States (26: California)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), United States (21: California, Washington)
• Eocene of United States (3: California)
Total: 132 collections including 135 occurrences
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