Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Alternative combination: Macoma virginiana

Belongs to Macoma (Macoma) according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Gardner 1943

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) paralenis, Macoma (Macoma) praetenuis, Macoma (Macoma) sheridani, Macoma (Macoma) torelli, Macoma (Macoma) twinensis

Subtaxa: Macoma virginiana conradi

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Givhans Ferry (Loc. 23) - Lower Goose Creek Lmst (Pliocene of South Carolina)

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