Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combination: Macoma addicotti
Full reference: A. J. Nikas. 1977. Description of a new bivalve of the genus Macoma from the Pliocene of central California. The Veliger 19(4):434-437
Belongs to Macoma (Rexithaerus) according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Coan et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Macoma (Rexithaerus) andersoni, Macoma (Rexithaerus) copelandi, Macoma (Rexithaerus) dexioptera, Macoma (Rexithaerus) diabloensis, Macoma (Rexithaerus) indentata, Macoma (Rexithaerus) panzana, Macoma (Rexithaerus) rosa, Macoma (Rexithaerus) sespeensis, Macoma (Rexithaerus) vanvlecki, Rexithaerus expansa, Rexithaerus secta
Type specimen: CAS 55959, a skeleton
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at USGS M1715, Arastradero Road (Pliocene of California)
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