Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative spelling: Scissulina
Parent taxon: Macoma according to L. R. Cox et al. 1969
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Macoma (Austromacoma), Macoma (Bendemacoma), Macoma (Heteromacoma), Macoma (Macoma), Macoma (Macoploma), Macoma (Panacoma), Macoma (Psammacoma), Macoma (Rexithaerus), Macoma (Salmacoma), 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 wilcoxi, Macoma wynootcheensis, Macoma yamadai
Subtaxa: Scissulina dispar
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), French Polynesia (1), the Seychelles (5), United States (1: Hawaii)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence