Macoma

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

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

See text.

Species

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

  • Macoma acolasta Dall, 1921 – morsel macoma
  • Macoma awaijiensis (Sowerby, 1914)
  • Macoma biota Arruda & Domaneschi, 2005
  • Macoma brota Dall, 1916 – heavy macoma
  • Macoma bruuni Nickles, 1955
  • Macoma calcarea (Gmelin, 1791) – chalky macoma
  • Macoma cancellata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1853)
  • Macoma candida (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Macoma carlottensis Whiteaves, 1880 – Charlotte macoma
  • Macoma cerina Dall, 1900 – waxy macoma
  • Macoma cleryana (d'Orbigny, 1846)
  • Macoma coani Kafanov & Lutaenko, 1999
  • Macoma consociata (Smith, 1885)
  • Macoma constricta (Bruguière, 1792) – constricted macoma
  • Macoma crassula (Deshayes, 1855) – thick macoma
  • Macoma cumana (Costa O.G., 1829)
  • Macoma dexioptera Baxter, 1977
  • Macoma dubia (Deshayes, 1854)
  • Macoma ecuadoriana Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941
  • Macoma elimata Dunnill & Coan, 1968
  • Macoma elytrum Keen, 1958
  • Macoma expansa Carpenter, 1864
  • Macoma extenuata Dall, 1900 – slender macoma
  • Macoma georgiana Dell, 1964
  • Macoma golikovi Scarlato & Kafanov, 1941
  • Macoma hanleyi (Dunker, 1853)
  • Macoma hemicilla (Iredale, 1936)
  • Macoma hesperus Dall, 1908
  • Macoma hokkaidoensis Amano, Lutaenko & Matsubara, 1999
  • Macoma incongrua (Martens, 1865)
  • Macoma indentata Carpenter, 1864
  • Macoma inexpectata Cosel, 1995
  • Macoma inornata (Hanley, 1844)
  • Macoma inquinata (Deshayes, 1855)
  • Macoma lama Bartsch, 1929 – Aleutian macoma
  • Macoma lamproleuca (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
  • Macoma limula Dall, 1895 – little-file macoma
  • Macoma lipara Dall, 1916
  • Macoma litoralis (Krauss, 1848)
  • Macoma loveni (A. S. Jensen, 1905) – inflated macoma, loven macoma
  • Macoma lucerna (Hanley, 1844)
  • Macoma melo (Sowerby G.B. II, 1866)
  • Macoma middendorffi Dall, 1884
  • Macoma mitchelli Dall, 1895 – Matagorda macoma, mitchell macoma
  • Macoma moesta (Deshayes, 1855) – flat macoma
  • Macoma murrayana (Salisbury, 1934)
  • Macoma nasuta (Conrad, 1837) – bent-nosed clam
  • Macoma nobilis (Hanley, 1845)
  • Macoma obliqua (J. Sowerby, 1817)
  • Macoma panamensis Dall, 1900
  • Macoma phenax Dall, 1900 – cheating macoma
  • Macoma praetexta (Martens, 1865)
  • Macoma pseudofallax Cosel, 1995
  • Macoma pseudomera Dall & Simpson, 1901 – mera macoma
  • Macoma pulleyi Boyer, 1969 – delta macoma, pulley macoma
  • Macoma retrorsa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1867)
  • Macoma secta (Conrad, 1837)
  • Macoma sectior Oyama, 1950
  • Macoma shiratoriensis (Matsubara, 1994)
  • Macoma siliqua (C. B. Adams, 1852)
  • Macoma subovata (Sowerby, 1867)
  • Macoma tageliformis Dall, 1900 – tagelus macoma
  • Macoma takahokoensis Yamamoto & Habe, 1959
  • Macoma tenta (Say, 1834) – elongate macoma
  • Macoma tokyoensis Makiyama, 1927
  • Macoma torelli (Jensen, 1905) – triangular macoma
  • Macoma uruguayensis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
  • Macoma vappa (Iredale, 1929)
  • Macoma ventricosa (Deshayes, 1855)
  • Macoma yoldiformis Carpenter, 1864

References
  1. 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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