Macoma albaria Conrad 1849 (tellin clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Alternative combination: Tellina albaria

Belongs to Macoma according to W.O. Addicott 1976

See also Moore 1963

Sister taxa: Macoma (Austromacoma), Macoma (Bendemacoma), Macoma (Heteromacoma), Macoma (Macoma), Macoma (Macoploma), Macoma (Panacoma), Macoma (Psammacoma), Macoma (Rexithaerus), Macoma (Salmacoma), Macoma (Scissulina), 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

Type specimen: USNM 3614 (lectotype)

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (18: Alaska, Oregon, Washington collections)

• Oligocene of United States (5: Washington)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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