Macoma constricta Bruguière 1792

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Alternative combination: Solen constrictus

Synonyms: Psammobia cayenensis Lamarck 1818, Tellina cayenensis Lamarck 1818, Tellina lateralis Say 1826

Belongs to Macoma according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Holmes 1858

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 costaricana, Macoma danai, Macoma edentula, Macoma fusca, Macoma inornata, Macoma kirkinskayae, Macoma lenis, Macoma limula, Macoma lissoni, Macoma marylandica, Macoma meroensis, Macoma montesanoensis, Macoma nasuta, Macoma osakaensis, Macoma pabloensis, Macoma simizuensis, Macoma snohomishensis, Macoma sookensis, Macoma tenta, Macoma tenuiplicata, Macoma tigilensis, Macoma uruguayensis, Macoma viticola, Macoma wilcoxi, Macoma wynootcheensis, Macoma yamadai

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (7: Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina, Virginia collections), Uruguay (2), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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