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Macoma (Macoma)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy

Macoma (Macoma) was named by Leach (1819). It is extant.

It was assigned to Macoma by Leach (1819), Coan et al. (2000), Todd (2001), Moore (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Macoma aomoriensis, Macoma arcata, Macoma arcatata, Macoma arnoldi, Macoma asagaiensis, Macoma brevifrons, Macoma calcaria, Macoma calcaria, Macoma chulgunensis, Macoma clallamensis, Macoma cuspidata, Macoma dispar, Macoma erycinoides, Macoma gorenlandica, Macoma gracilis, Macoma groenlandica, Macoma holmesii, Macoma hosfordensis, Macoma hybrida, Macoma inclinata, Macoma indentata, Macoma irma, Macoma izurensis, Macoma izurensis, Macoma kamtschatica, Macoma karaginskiensis, Macoma kirkinskaja, Macoma lipara, Macoma lissonii, Macoma litoralis, Macoma lorenzoensis, Macoma middendorffii, Macoma moesta, Macoma moesta, Macoma nagaoi, Macoma nasuta, Macoma nasuta, Macoma nigeriensis, Macoma nipponica, Macoma nipponica, Macoma optiva, Macoma optiva, Macoma orbicularis, Macoma orientalis, Macoma osacamensis, Macoma panamensis, Macoma parabilella, Macoma petalum, Macoma planiuscula, Macoma planiusculus, Macoma plebeia, Macoma poretschiensis, Macoma praeorbiculata, Macoma praetexta, Macoma praetexta, Macoma pseudomera, Macoma ralpha, Macoma ralphi, Macoma rekinnensis, Macoma sachalinensis, Macoma scalaroides, Macoma scarlotoi, Macoma sectior, Macoma sectior, Macoma sejugata, Macoma sejugata, Macoma seminuda, Macoma shiratoriensis, Macoma simiensis, Macoma spambergensis, Macoma subulosa, Macoma tagua, Macoma talahabensis, Macoma telahabensis, Macoma tenta, Macoma tokyoense, Macoma tokyoensis, Macoma tokyoensis, Macoma truncatoides, Macoma uruuayensis, Macoma vancouverensis, Macoma vasiljevskii, Macoma vendryesi, Macoma vialovi, Macoma vicksburgensis, Macoma virginiana, Macoma virginicana, Macoma wynoocheensis, Macoma wynoochensis, Macoma yoldiiformis

Entered

by A. Hendy on 2007-02-25

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1819	Macoma (Macoma) Leach
2000	Macoma (Macoma) Coan et al. p. 408
2001	Macoma (Macoma) Todd
2003	Macoma (Macoma) Moore

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Euheterodonta	Giribet and Distel 2003
superorder	Imparidentia	Bieler 2014
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
superfamily	Tellinoidea	(Blainville 1814)
family	Tellinidae	Blainville 1814
genus	Macoma	Leach 1819
subgenus	Macoma	Leach 1819

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Macoma (Macoma) Leach 1819

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†Macoma (Macoma) atsunaiensis Honda 1988

Macoma (Macoma) balthica Linnaeus 1758 [Baltic macoma]

Macoma (Macoma) calcarea Gmelin 1792 [chalky macoma]

Invalid names: Tellina (Peronidia) clivosa Böhm 1916 [synonym], Tellina sabulosa Spengler 1798 [synonym], Tellina tenera Leach 1819 [synonym]

†Macoma (Macoma) calhounensis Dall 1900

†Macoma (Macoma) carolinensis Gardner and Aldrich 1919

†Macoma (Macoma) cookei Gardner 1943

Macoma (Macoma) crassula Deshayes 1855

Macoma (Macoma) elimata Dunnill and Coan 1968

Macoma (Macoma) galathea Lamarck 1818