Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combination: Macoma vanvlecki
Full reference: R. Arnold. 1909. Paleontology of the Coalinga District, Fresno and Kings Counties, California. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 396:1-173
Belongs to Macoma (Rexithaerus) according to E. J. Moore 2003
See also Coan et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Macoma (Rexithaerus) addicotti, Macoma (Rexithaerus) andersoni, Macoma (Rexithaerus) copelandi, Macoma (Rexithaerus) dexioptera, Macoma (Rexithaerus) diabloensis, Macoma (Rexithaerus) indentata, Macoma (Rexithaerus) panzana, Macoma (Rexithaerus) rosa, Macoma (Rexithaerus) sespeensis, Rexithaerus expansa, Rexithaerus secta
Type specimen: USNM 165576, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (6: California collections)
• Miocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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