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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Tellinoidea: Macominae

Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)


Range: 68°N to 50°N; 94°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 25  mm

Synonymy

Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758
Tellina rubra da Costa, 1778
Tellina fragilis Fabricius, 1780
Tellina zonata Gmelin, 1791
Tellina solidula Pulteney, 1799
Tellina inconspicua Broderip & Sowerby, 1829
Tellina groenlandica Lyell, 1839
Tellina fabricii Hanley, 1846
Tellina normalis Middendorff, 1851
Tellina attenuata Jeffreys, 1864
Tellina minor Jeffreys, 1864
Tellina nivea Jeffreys, 1864
Tellina rotundata Sowerby II, 1867
Tellina neustriaca Locard, 1886
Tellina rotunda Salisbury, 1934
Macoma takahokoensis Yamamoto & Habe, 1959

Details


Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758, p. 677, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: M. Balthico [Baltic Sea]
Range: 68°N to 50°N; 94°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Hudson Bay, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec
References: Meehan (1985) W; Väinölä (2003)
Comments: For records of M. balthica from the Bay of Fundy south see M. petalum.

Tellina attenuata Jeffreys, 1864, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Tellina baltica sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Misspelling of balthica.

Tellina fabricii Hanley, 1846, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Tellina fragilis Fabricius, 1780, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Tellina groenlandica Lyell, 1839, 
[Synonym]
References: Matthew (1874); Coan et al. (2000) s

Tellina inconspicua Broderip & Sowerby, 1829, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s

Tellina minor Jeffreys, 1864, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Tellina neustriaca Locard, 1886, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Tellina nivea Jeffreys, 1864, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Tellina normalis Middendorff, 1851, 
[Synonym]

Tellina rotunda Salisbury, 1934, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s
Comments: New name for T. rotundata Sowerby II, 1867 non Montagu, 1803.

Tellina rotundata Sowerby II, 1867, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s
Comments: Non Montagu, 1803.

Tellina rubra da Costa, 1778, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Tellina solidula Pulteney, 1799, p. 29, [Petiver pl. 94, figs. 5-6; Da Costa 1778, pl. 12, fig. 4]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Solander MS
Type Locality: "foreign"; Dorset coast, Dorsetshire, England
Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm
References: Pulteney (1799) M; Bernard (1983) s

Macoma takahokoensis Yamamoto & Habe, 1959, 
[Synonym]

Tellina zonata Gmelin, 1791, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s


Partial List of References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].
Pulteney, R. 1799. Catalogues of the Birds, Shells and some of the more rare Plants of Dorsetshire  i + 92 pp. J. Nichols: London.

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