Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combination: Macoma sespeensis
Full reference: W. Loel and W. H. Corey. 1932. The Vaqueros Formation, Lower Miocene of California. I. Paleontology. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 22(3):31-410
Belongs to Macoma (Rexithaerus) according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Addicott 1973 and Loel and Corey 1932
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) rosa, Macoma (Rexithaerus) vanvlecki, Rexithaerus expansa, Rexithaerus secta
Type specimen: UCMP 31840
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (6: California collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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