Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Alternative combination: Macoma paralenis

Full reference: J. R. Gardner. 1947. The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (142A-H)1-709

Belongs to Macoma (Macoma) according to J. R. Gardner 1947

Sister taxa: Macoma (Macoma) atsunaiensis, Macoma (Macoma) balthica, Macoma (Macoma) calcarea, Macoma (Macoma) calhounensis, Macoma (Macoma) carolinensis, Macoma (Macoma) cookei, Macoma (Macoma) crassula, Macoma (Macoma) elimata, Macoma (Macoma) galathea, Macoma (Macoma) golikovi, Macoma (Macoma) incongrua, Macoma (Macoma) inquinata, Macoma (Macoma) lama, Macoma (Macoma) lipara, Macoma (Macoma) loveni, Macoma (Macoma) menkeni, Macoma (Macoma) middendorffi, Macoma (Macoma) moesta, Macoma (Macoma) nasuta, Macoma (Macoma) obliqua, Macoma (Macoma) praetenuis, Macoma (Macoma) sheridani, Macoma (Macoma) torelli, Macoma (Macoma) twinensis, Macoma (Macoma) virginiana

Type specimen: USNM 157907, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 2646 - Oak Grove [Oak Grove Sand], which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in the Oak Grove Formation of Florida.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at USGS Loc. 2646 - Oak Grove [Oak Grove Sand]

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