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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