Macoma montesanoensis Weaver 1912 (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Full reference: C. E. Weaver. 1912. A preliminary report on the Tertiary paleontology of western Washington. Washington Geological Survey Bulletin 15:1-80

Belongs to Macoma according to C. E. Weaver 1912

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 nasuta, Macoma osakaensis, Macoma pabloensis, Macoma quadrana, Macoma simizuensis, Macoma snohomishensis, Macoma sookensis, Macoma tenta, Macoma tenuiplicata, Macoma tigilensis, Macoma uruguayensis, Macoma viticola, Macoma wilcoxi, Macoma wynootcheensis, Macoma yamadai

Type specimen: Its type locality is UW 68, which is in a Miocene marine conglomerate in Washington

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Washington collections)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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