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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Tellinoidea: Macominae

Macoma calcarea (Gmelin, 1791)


Range: 82°N to 41.3°N; 71.9°W to 0°W
Depth: 2 to 46 m (live 2 to 27 m)

Synonymy

Tellina calcarea Gmelin, 1791
Tellina lata Gmelin, 1791
Tellina sabulosa Spengler, 1798
Macoma tenera Leach, 1819
Tellina sordida Couthouy, 1838
Tellina proxima Sowerby I, 1839
Tellina frigida Hanley, 1844
Tellina nasuta Middendorff, 1849
Tellina dissimilis Martens, 1865
Macoma sitkana Dall, 1900
Macoma longisinuata Soot-Ryen, 1932
Macoma obliqua Soot-Ryen, 1932
Macoma sootryeni Petrov, 1966
Abrina tatarica Scarlato, 1981

Details


Tellina calcarea Gmelin, 1791,
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Chemnitz (1782)
Range: 82°N to 41.3°N; 71.9°W to 0°W
Depth: 2 to 46 m (live 2 to 27 m)
Distribution: Greenland: North Greenland, East Greenland; USA: Maine, Connecticut
References: Posselt (1896) D; Procter (1933) {D}LSW; Schiötte (1989) dlN

Macoma calcaria sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for calcarea.

Tellina dissimilis Martens, 1865, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s
Comments: Non Deshayes, 1854.

Tellina frigida Hanley, 1844, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Tellina lata Gmelin, 1791, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Lister (1687)
References: Bernard (1983) s

Macoma longisinuata Soot-Ryen, 1932, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Tellina lata var. nasuta Middendorff, 1849c, p. 578, pl. 17 [sic, 18], figs. 8-10
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Russischen Lapplandes; Karische Meer; Tugurbusen (subfossil); Behrings-Eismeer; Ochotskische Meer
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s
Comments: Non Conrad, 1837, which species Middendorff treated separately on the preceding page.

Macoma obliqua Soot-Ryen, 1932, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s
Comments: Non Tellina obliqua J. Sowerby, 1817, a Macoma.

Tellina proxima Sowerby I, 1839, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Brown MS
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s
Comments: Non J. Smith, 1839.

Tellina sabulosa Spengler, 1798, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Macoma sitkana Dall, 1900, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Macoma sootryeni Petrov, 1966, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Scarlato MS
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Tellina sordida Couthouy, 1838, 
[Synonym]
Range: 42.3°N ; 71°W
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts
References: Couthouy (1838) NSEW; Coan et al. (2000) s

Abrina tatarica Scarlato, 1981, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Macoma tenera Leach, 1819, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s


Partial List of References

Middendorff, A. T. von. 1849. Beiträge zu einer Malacozoologia Rossica. III. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen zweischaler Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg, Sciences Naturelles (6)6 517-610, pls. 12-21.

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