Macoma wilcoxi Hall and Ambrose 1916 (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Full reference: E. B. Hall and A. W. Ambrose. 1916. Descriptions of new species from the Cretaceous and Tertiary of the Tesla, Pleasanton, San Jose, and Mt. Hamilton Quadrangles, California. The Nautilus 30(6):68-82

Belongs to Macoma according to E. B. Hall and A. W. Ambrose 1916

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 constricta, Macoma costaricana, Macoma danai, Macoma edentula, Macoma elongata, 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 wynootcheensis, Macoma yamadai

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Macoma wilcoxi in the database

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