WoRMS taxon details
Macoma inquinata (Deshayes, 1855)
582759 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:582759)
accepted
Species
Macoma (Macoma) inquinata (Deshayes, 1855) · alternative representation
Macoma inquinata trigonalis Slodkevich, 1936 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Macoma inquinata var. arnheimi Dall, 1916 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Macoma rudis Bertin, 1878 · unaccepted
Tellina inquinata Deshayes, 1855 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Variety Macoma inquinata var. arnheimi Dall, 1916 accepted as Macoma inquinata (Deshayes, 1855) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Tellina inquinata Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1855). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1854) 22: 317-371 [pp. 317-320, 8 May 1855; 321-371, 16 May 1855]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747744
page(s): 357 [details]
page(s): 357 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Macoma inquinata (Deshayes, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=582759 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tellina inquinata Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1855). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1854) 22: 317-371 [pp. 317-320, 8 May 1855; 321-371, 16 May 1855]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747744
page(s): 357 [details]
original description (of Macoma inquinata var. arnheimi Dall, 1916) 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. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 52 (2183): 393-417., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765696
page(s): 414 [details]
original description (of Macoma inquinata trigonalis Slodkevich, 1936 †) Slodkewitsch V.A. (1936). Stratigraphy and fauna of the Tertiary deposits of the western coast of Kamchatka. Trudy NGRI, series A. 79: 1-202. [In Russian]. [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 44 [details]
page(s): 357 [details]
original description (of Macoma inquinata var. arnheimi Dall, 1916) 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. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 52 (2183): 393-417., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765696
page(s): 414 [details]
original description (of Macoma inquinata trigonalis Slodkevich, 1936 †) Slodkewitsch V.A. (1936). Stratigraphy and fauna of the Tertiary deposits of the western coast of Kamchatka. Trudy NGRI, series A. 79: 1-202. [In Russian]. [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 44 [details]
Other
additional source
Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 99 [details]
additional source Addicott, W. O. (1968). Additional Pacific Coast Malacobdella grosa. The Nautilus. 81(4): 144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8528169 [details]
page(s): 99 [details]
additional source Addicott, W. O. (1968). Additional Pacific Coast Malacobdella grosa. The Nautilus. 81(4): 144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8528169 [details]





- From editor or global species database
- Alaskan Exclusive Economic Zone [from infraspecies] [view taxon] [details]
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Tellina inquinata Deshayes, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (76 publications)
To Malacopics (Macoma inquinata (Deshayes,1855) United States, Washington, Whidbey, Greenbank Beac...
To NMNH Extant Collection (Macoma inquinata arnheimi Holotype USNM 122537) (from synonym Macoma inquinata var. arnheimi Dall, 1916)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Tellina inquinata Deshayes, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (76 publications)
To Malacopics (Macoma inquinata (Deshayes,1855) United States, Washington, Whidbey, Greenbank Beac...
To NMNH Extant Collection (Macoma inquinata arnheimi Holotype USNM 122537) (from synonym Macoma inquinata var. arnheimi Dall, 1916)
To ITIS
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