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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Tellinoidea: Macominae

Macoma petalum (Valenciennes, 1821)


Range: 45°N to 31°N; 81°W to 67°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 34  mm

Synonymy

Macoma balthica auct. non Linnaeus, 1758
Macoma fragilis auct. non Fabricius, 1780
Tellina petalum Valenciennes, 1821
Psammobia fusca Say, 1826
Sanguinolaria californiana Conrad, 1837
Tellina californica Carpenter, 1864

Details


Tellina petalum Valenciennes, 1821, p. 222, pl. 48 [bis], figs. 2a-b
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Valenciennes (1827)
Type Locality: Mare Pacifico, prope portum Acapulco Mexicanorum
Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm
Distribution: Canada: New Brunswick; USA: Virginia
References: Valenciennes (1821) M; Bernard (1983) s (of ^M. balthica^); Väinölä (2003) v
Comments: Introduced in California according to Väinölä (2003).

Macoma balthica auct. non Linnaeus, 1758, 
[Not available]
Range: 45°N to 31°N; 81°W to 67°W
Depth: 0 m
Distribution: USA: Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia
References: Meehan (1985) NE; Väinölä (2003) s
Comments: Misidentification.

Sanguinolaria californiana Conrad, 1837, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Bernard (1983) s

Tellina californica Carpenter, 1864, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
Attributed to: Conrad MS
References: Bernard (1983) s
Comments: Nude name in Carpenter (1857).

Macoma fragilis auct. non Fabricius, 1780, 
[Not available]
Attributed to: Verrill (1873)
References: Procter (1933) s
Comments: Misidentification.

Psammobia fusca Say, 1826, p. 219-220
[Synonym]
Type Locality: estuaries of Georgia; sound near Jeykill Island
Maximum Reported Size: 34 mm
Distribution: USA: Georgia
References: Say (1826) M


Partial List of References

Say, T. 1826. Descriptions of marine shells recently discovered on the coast of the United States Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5 207-221. [True date: -- Feb 1826.]
Valenciennes, A. 1821. Coquilles marines bivalves de l'Amérique équinoxiale, recueillies pendant le voyage de MM. de Humboldt et Bonpland Voyage Humboldt et Bonpland. Deuxième Partie. Observations de Zoologie et d'Anatomie Comparée 2 217-224, pls. 48 [bis], 49-50.

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