Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combination: Macoma carolinensis
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) 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, Macoma (Macoma) virginiana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Lumberton - Duplin Formation (Pliocene of North Carolina)
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