Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combinations: Macoma calcarea, Tellina calcarea
Synonyms: Macoma sabulosa Spengler 1798, Macoma tenera Leach 1819, Tellina (Peronidia) clivosa Böhm 1916, Tellina clivosa Böhm 1916, Tellina sabulosa Spengler 1798, Tellina tenera Leach 1819
Belongs to Macoma (Macoma) according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Buddington and Chapin 1929, Coan et al. 2000, Hendy et al. 2008, Kafanov et al. 2001 and Moore 2003
Sister taxa: Macoma (Macoma) atsunaiensis, Macoma (Macoma) balthica, 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, Macoma (Macoma) virginiana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (41: New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec collections), Greenland (37), Iceland (4), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (11), United States (42: Alaska, California, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Pliocene of Japan (5), the Russian Federation (2), United States (5: Alaska, California, Oregon)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Alaska)
• Miocene of Japan (1), the Russian Federation (14), United States (4: Alaska)
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 170 collections including 175 occurrences
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