Macoma

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Macoma
Macoma secta 002.jpg
Macoma secta, the white-sand macoma
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Superfamily: Tellinoidea
Family: Tellinidae
Genus: Macoma
Leach, 1819
Species

See text.

Macoma is a large genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Tellinidae, the tellins.[1][2]

Species[]

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species are included as accepted names within the genus Macoma:[1]

  • Dall, 1921 – morsel macoma
  • (Sowerby, 1914)
  • Arruda & Domaneschi, 2005
  • Dall, 1916 – heavy macoma
  • Nickles, 1955
  • (Gmelin, 1791) – chalky macoma
  • (G. B. Sowerby I, 1853)
  • (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Whiteaves, 1880 – Charlotte macoma
  • Dall, 1900 – waxy macoma
  • (d'Orbigny, 1846)
  • Kafanov & Lutaenko, 1999
  • (Smith, 1885)
  • Macoma constricta (Bruguière, 1792) – constricted macoma
  • (Deshayes, 1855) – thick macoma
  • (Costa O.G., 1829)
  • Baxter, 1977
  • (Deshayes, 1854)
  • Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941
  • Dunnill & Coan, 1968
  • Keen, 1958
  • Carpenter, 1864
  • Dall, 1900 – slender macoma
  • Dell, 1964
  • Scarlato & Kafanov, 1941
  • (Dunker, 1853)
  • (Iredale, 1936)
  • Dall, 1908
  • Amano, Lutaenko & Matsubara, 1999
  • (Martens, 1865)
  • Carpenter, 1864
  • Cosel, 1995
  • (Hanley, 1844)
  • (Deshayes, 1855)
  • Bartsch, 1929 – Aleutian macoma
  • (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
  • Dall, 1895 – little-file macoma
  • Dall, 1916
  • (Krauss, 1848)
  • (A. S. Jensen, 1905) – inflated macoma, loven macoma
  • (Hanley, 1844)
  • (Sowerby G.B. II, 1866)
  • Dall, 1884
  • Dall, 1895 – Matagorda macoma, mitchell macoma
  • (Deshayes, 1855) – flat macoma
  • (Salisbury, 1934)
  • Macoma nasuta (Conrad, 1837) – bent-nosed clam
  • (Hanley, 1845)
  • (J. Sowerby, 1817)
  • Dall, 1900
  • Dall, 1900 – cheating macoma
  • (Martens, 1865)
  • Cosel, 1995
  • Dall & Simpson, 1901 – mera macoma
  • Boyer, 1969 – delta macoma, pulley macoma
  • (G. B. Sowerby II, 1867)
  • (Conrad, 1837)
  • (Matsubara, 1994)
  • (C. B. Adams, 1852)
  • (Sowerby, 1867)
  • Dall, 1900 – tagelus macoma
  • Yamamoto & Habe, 1959
  • Macoma tenta (Say, 1834) – elongate macoma
  • Makiyama, 1927
  • (Jensen, 1905) – triangular macoma
  • (E. A. Smith, 1885)
  • (Iredale, 1929)
  • (Deshayes, 1855)
  • Carpenter, 1864

References[]

  1. ^ a b Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2014).Macoma Leach, 1819. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-11-01
  2. ^ ITIS report: Macoma genus


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