WoRMS taxon details
Macoma nasuta (Conrad, 1837)
582761 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:582761)
accepted
Species
Macoma (Macoma) nasuta (Conrad, 1837) · alternative representation
Macoma jacalitosana Arnold, 1910 · unaccepted
Macoma kelseyi Dall, 1900 · unaccepted
Tellina nasuta Conrad, 1837 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tellina tersa Gould, 1853 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Tellina nasuta Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 258 [details]
page(s): 258 [details]
Note USA, the coast of California near St. Diego
Type locality USA, the coast of California near St. Diego [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Macoma nasuta (Conrad, 1837). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=582761 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tellina nasuta Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 258 [details]
original description (of Tellina tersa Gould, 1853) Gould, A. A. (1853). Descriptions of shells from the Gulf of California and the Pacific coasts of Mexico and California. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 374-407, pls 14-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32407065
page(s): 398, pl. 16, fig. 2. [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. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 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): 258 [details]
original description (of Tellina tersa Gould, 1853) Gould, A. A. (1853). Descriptions of shells from the Gulf of California and the Pacific coasts of Mexico and California. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 374-407, pls 14-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32407065
page(s): 398, pl. 16, fig. 2. [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. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 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 <i>Malacobdella grosa</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 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 <i>Malacobdella grosa</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 81(4): 144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8528169 [details]





From editor or global species database
Type locality USA, the coast of California near St. Diego [details]
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (133 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macoma nasuta)
To GenBank (77 nucleotides; 64 proteins) (from synonym Tellina nasuta Conrad, 1837)
To GenBank (77 nucleotides; 64 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Macoma nasuta (Conrad, 1837) United States, California, Orange Co., Newport Beach, ...
To The Arctic Traits Database (6 traits)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (133 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macoma nasuta)
To GenBank (77 nucleotides; 64 proteins) (from synonym Tellina nasuta Conrad, 1837)
To GenBank (77 nucleotides; 64 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Macoma nasuta (Conrad, 1837) United States, California, Orange Co., Newport Beach, ...
To The Arctic Traits Database (6 traits)
To ITIS