ammonites
Macoma (Psammacoma) marmorea Gardner 1947 (tellin clam)

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) acolasta, Macoma (Psammacoma) arctata, Macoma (Psammacoma) korobkovi, Macoma (Psammacoma) riopirabica, Macoma (Psammacoma) talarensis, Macoma (Psammacoma) yoldiformis, Psammacoma (Psammacoma), Psammacoma candida, Psammacoma democraciana, Psammacoma diphas, Psammacoma falconensis, 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

Average measurements (in mm): shell 14.5 x 6.6