Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combination: Macoma (Macoploma) ecuadoriana
Synonyms: Macoma (Macoploma) medioamericana Olsson 1942, Macoma (Psammacoma) medioamericana Olsson 1942
Belongs to Macoma (Psammacoma) according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Moore 2003 and Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Sister taxa: Macoma (Psammacoma) arctata, 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 Ecuador (1 collection), Panama (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), Ecuador (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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