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Macoma (Macoma) Leach, 1819
606734 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:606734)
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Subgenus
Macoma tenera Leach, 1819 accepted as Macoma calcarea (Gmelin, 1791) (type by monotypy)
- Species Macoma (Macoma) orientalis Golikov & Scarlato, 1967 accepted as Macoma scarlatoi Kafanov & Lutaenko, 1997 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Species Macoma (Macoma) brota Dall, 1916 represented as Macoma brota Dall, 1916
- Species Macoma (Macoma) coani Kafanov & Lutaenko, 1999 represented as Macoma coani Kafanov & Lutaenko, 1999
- Species Macoma (Macoma) crassula (Deshayes, 1855) represented as Macoma crassula (Deshayes, 1855)
- Species Macoma (Macoma) cuneipyga (Scarlato, 1981) represented as Macoma cuneipyga (Scarlato, 1981)
- Species Macoma (Macoma) elimata Dunnill & Coan, 1968 represented as Macoma elimata Dunnill & Coan, 1968
- Species Macoma (Macoma) incongrua (E. von Martens, 1865) represented as Macoma incongrua (E. von Martens, 1865)
- Species Macoma (Macoma) inquinata (Deshayes, 1855) represented as Macoma inquinata (Deshayes, 1855)
- Species Macoma (Macoma) lipara Dall, 1916 represented as Macoma lipara Dall, 1916
- Species Macoma (Macoma) middendorffi Dall, 1884 represented as Macoma middendorffi Dall, 1884
- Species Macoma (Macoma) nasuta (Conrad, 1837) represented as Macoma nasuta (Conrad, 1837)
- Species Macoma (Macoma) oinomikadoi Otuka, 1939 represented as Macoma oinomikadoi Otuka, 1939
- Species Macoma (Macoma) optiva (Yokoyama, 1923) † represented as Macoma optiva (Yokoyama, 1923) †
- Species Macoma (Macoma) scarlatoi Kafanov & Lutaenko, 1997 represented as Macoma scarlatoi Kafanov & Lutaenko, 1997
- Species Macoma (Macoma) simizuensis Krishtofovich, 1957 † represented as Macoma simizuensis L. Krishtofovich, 1954 †
- Species Macoma (Macoma) sokolovi (Bajarunas, 1910) † represented as Macoma sokolovi (Bajarunas, 1910) †
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Macoma Leach, 1819) Leach W. E. (1819). A list of invertebrate animals discovered by H. M. S. Isabella, in a voyage to the Arctic regions: corrected by W. E. Leach. Appendix II. <b>p.lxi - lxiv [in] </b> Ross, John A voyage of discovery in His Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander [in 1818] for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay and enquiring into the possibility of a northwest passage. <em>[book].</em> xxxix+252 pp., 29 pls, 3 maps. John Murray. London., available online at https://archive.org/details/voyageofdiscover02ross/page/n413/mode/2up
page(s): lxii [details]
page(s): lxii [details]
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(of Macoma Leach, 1819) Leach W. E. (1819). A list of invertebrate animals discovered by H. M. S. Isabella, in a voyage to the Arctic regions: corrected by W. E. Leach. Appendix II. <b>p.lxi - lxiv [in] </b> Ross, John A voyage of discovery in His Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander [in 1818] for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay and enquiring into the possibility of a northwest passage. <em>[book].</em> xxxix+252 pp., 29 pls, 3 maps. John Murray. London., available online at https://archive.org/details/voyageofdiscover02ross/page/n413/mode/2up
page(s): lxii [details]
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
basis of record Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
additional source Sinelnikova V.N., Skiba L.A., Fatyanova L.I., Ilyina A.P., Kuklina T.A., Chekhovskaya M.P. (1979). Ранний плиоцен Западной Камчатки (Энемтенская свита) [= Early Pliocene of Western Kamchatka (Enemten suite)]. <em>Transcations of the Geological Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.</em> 333: 1-238.
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page(s): lxii [details]
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
basis of record Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
additional source Sinelnikova V.N., Skiba L.A., Fatyanova L.I., Ilyina A.P., Kuklina T.A., Chekhovskaya M.P. (1979). Ранний плиоцен Западной Камчатки (Энемтенская свита) [= Early Pliocene of Western Kamchatka (Enemten suite)]. <em>Transcations of the Geological Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.</em> 333: 1-238.
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