Family Tellinidae
Macoploma tenta
(Say, 1838)
Elongated Macoma
Shell size to 20 mm; shell small, thin, elongate, with narrow posterior end bent to right. Sculpture smooth except for numerous growth lines. Umbones small, sharp. Ligament small. Color white or yellowish. The shell in this picture was collected by Ken and Alice Piech, Roosevelt Channel, Captiva Island.