Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Full reference: B. L. Clark and R. Arnold. 1923. Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(5):123-234
Belongs to Macoma according to W.O. Addicott 1976
See also Clark and Arnold 1923
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 montesanoensis, Macoma nasuta, Macoma osakaensis, Macoma pabloensis, Macoma simizuensis, Macoma snohomishensis, Macoma tenta, Macoma tenuiplicata, Macoma tigilensis, Macoma uruguayensis, Macoma viticola, Macoma wilcoxi, Macoma wynootcheensis, Macoma yamadai
Type specimen: UCMP IP 30212. Its type locality is Kirby Creek, east, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Sooke Formation of Canada.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Washington collection)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), United States (3: Washington)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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