Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative spelling: Gastrana (Macoma)
Parent taxon: Tellinidae according to J. A. Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Acorylus, Arcopagia, Barytellina, Cymatoica, Elliptotellina, Eurytellina, Florimetis, Fragilia, Gastrana, Macominae, Maera, Merisca, Metis, Nelltia, Peiricola, Psammacoma, Serratina, Sourimis, Strigillinae, Tellina, Tellininae
Subtaxa: Macoma (Heteromacoma), Macoma (Macoma), Macoma (Macoploma), Macoma (Rexithaerus), Macoma (Salmacoma), Macoma albaria, Macoma astori, Macoma carlottensis, Macoma constricta, Macoma costaricana, Macoma inornata, Macoma inquinata, Macoma kirkinskayae, Macoma lenis, Macoma limula, Macoma lissoni, Macoma marylandica, Macoma meroensis, Macoma nasuta, Macoma osakaensis, Macoma simizuensis, Macoma sookensis, Macoma tenta, Macoma tigilensis, Macoma twinensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder