WoRMS taxon details
Macoma brota Dall, 1916
254466 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254466)
accepted
Species
Macoma (Macoma) brota Dall, 1916 · alternative representation
Tellina edentula Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Tellina edentula Spengler, 1798; Macoma brota is a replacement name
- Variety Macoma brota var. lipara Dall, 1916 accepted as Macoma lipara Dall, 1916 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Dall, W. H. (1916). Diagnoses of new species of marine bivalve mollusks from the northwest coast of America in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 52 (2183): 393-417., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765696
page(s): 413 [details]
page(s): 413 [details]
Type locality contained in Bering Strait , Note "Oceano Boreali; Behring’s Straits"
type locality contained in Bering Strait [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality "Oceano Boreali; Behring’s Straits" [details]
Nomenclature Nom. nov. pro Tellina edentula Broderip et Sowerby, 1829 non Spengler, 1798
Nomenclature Nom. nov. pro Tellina edentula Broderip et Sowerby, 1829 non Spengler, 1798 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Macoma brota Dall, 1916. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254466 on 2025-05-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Dall, W. H. (1916). Diagnoses of new species of marine bivalve mollusks from the northwest coast of America in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 52 (2183): 393-417., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765696
page(s): 413 [details]
original description (of Tellina edentula Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1829). Observations on new or interesting Mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 4: 359-379, pl. 9. [January]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485275
page(s): 363 [details]
page(s): 413 [details]
original description (of Tellina edentula Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1829). Observations on new or interesting Mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 4: 359-379, pl. 9. [January]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485275
page(s): 363 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Lutaenko K.A., Danilin D.D. (2024). Macoma brota в северо-западной части Тихого океана, замечания об изменчивости и распространении близких видов и биогеография некоторых Macominae (Bivalvia: Tellinidae) [= Macoma brota in the north-western Pacific Ocean, notes on variability of allied species and biogeography of some Macominae (Bivalvia: Tellinidae)]. <em>The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacologiocal Society.</em> 28(1): 59-124. [details] Available for editors 
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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Nom. nov. pro Tellina edentula Broderip et Sowerby, 1829 non Spengler, 1798 [details]Type locality "Oceano Boreali; Behring’s Straits" [details]
