Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
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 (Psammacoma) according to J. R. Gardner 1947
Sister taxa: Macoma (Psammacoma) arctata, Macoma (Psammacoma) ecuadoriana, Macoma (Psammacoma) korobkovi, Macoma (Psammacoma) riopirabica, Macoma (Psammacoma) siliqua, Macoma (Psammacoma) talarensis, Psammacoma (Psammacoma), Psammacoma candida, Psammacoma carlottensis, Psammacoma democraciana, Psammacoma diphas, Psammacoma gatunensis, Psammacoma lamproleuca, Psammacoma olivella, Psammacoma panamensis, Psammacoma tageliformis, Psammacoma talaor, Psammacoma torynoides, Psammacoma zapotalensis
Type specimen: USNM 353922, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 7257 - Tenmile Creek, Sexton's marl bed [Chipola Fm], which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at USGS Loc. 7257 - Tenmile Creek, Sexton's marl bed [Chipola Fm]
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