Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combination: Macoma rosa
Full reference: M. A. Hanna. 1927. An Eocene invertebrate fauna from the La Jolla Quadrangle, California . University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 16(8):247-398
Belongs to Macoma (Rexithaerus) according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Hanna 1927, Squires 1984 and Squires 1999
Sister taxa: Macoma (Rexithaerus) addicotti, Macoma (Rexithaerus) andersoni, Macoma (Rexithaerus) copelandi, Macoma (Rexithaerus) dexioptera, Macoma (Rexithaerus) diabloensis, Macoma (Rexithaerus) indentata, Macoma (Rexithaerus) panzana, Macoma (Rexithaerus) sespeensis, Macoma (Rexithaerus) vanvlecki, Rexithaerus expansa, Rexithaerus secta
Type specimen: UCMP 31094, a valve
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (8: California collections)
• Paleocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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