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Macoma

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Macoma was named by Leach (1819) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Tellina (Macoma) by Johnstrup (1882); it was reranked as Gastrana (Macoma) by Abrard (1947).

It was assigned to Tellina by Johnstrup (1882); to Gastrana by Abrard (1947); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); to Macominae by Vokes (1980), Squires (1984), Coan et al. (2000) and Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Tellinidae by Glenn (1904), Clark and Arnold (1923), Nagao (1928), Nagao (1928), Olsson (1931), Gardner (1943), Durham (1944), Gardner (1947), Moore (1984), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992), Frassinetti and Covacevich (1999), Squires (1999), Wienrich (1999), Todd (2001), Moore (2003), Nielson and Valdovinos (2008) and Hickman (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Macoma Leach
1882Tellina (Macoma) Johnstrup p. 8
1904Macoma Glenn p. 301
1923Macoma Clark and Arnold p. 151
1928Macoma Nagao p. 81
1931Macoma Olsson p. 63
1943Macoma Gardner p. 99
1944Macoma Durham p. 149
1947Gastrana (Macoma) Abrard
1947Macoma Gardner p. 200
1980Macoma Vokes p. 145
1984Macoma Moore p. 30
1984Macoma Squires p. 50
1987Macoma Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1992Macoma Lamprell and Whitehead p. 102
1999Macoma Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 35
1999Macoma Squires p. 27
1999Macoma Wienrich p. 247
2000Macoma Coan et al. p. 408
2001Macoma Todd
2002Macoma Sepkoski
2003Macoma Moore
2008Macoma Nielson and Valdovinos p. 206
2010Macoma Bouchet et al.
2015Macoma Hickman p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusMacomaLeach 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.

G. Macoma Leach 1819
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Subg. Macoma (Heteromacoma) Habe 1952
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Subg. Macoma (Macoma) Leach 1819
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Invalid names: Tellina (Peronidia) clivosa Böhm 1916 [synonym], Tellina sabulosa Spengler 1798 [synonym], Tellina tenera Leach 1819 [synonym]
Macoma (Macoma) carolinensis Gardner and Aldrich 1919
Macoma (Macoma) cookei Gardner 1943
Macoma (Macoma) elimata Dunnill and Coan 1968
Macoma (Macoma) golikovi Scarlato and Kafanov 1988
Macoma (Macoma) lama Bartsch 1929
Macoma (Macoma) loveni Johnstrup 1882
Macoma (Macoma) menkeni Hanna and Hertlein 1938
Macoma (Macoma) moesta Deshayes 1855
Macoma (Macoma) paralenis Gardner 1947
Macoma (Macoma) praetenuis Leathes in Woodward 1830
Macoma (Macoma) torelli Johnstrup 1882
Subg. Macoma (Macoploma) Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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Macoploma yoldiformis Carpenter 1864
Subg. †Macoma (Panacoma) Olsson 1942
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Panacoma chiriquiensis Olsson 1942
Subg. Macoma (Psammacoma) Dall 1900
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Macoma (Psammacoma) ecuadoriana Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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Invalid names: Macoma (Psammacoma) medioamericana Olsson 1942 [synonym]
Subg. Psammacoma (Psammacoma) Dall 1900
Psammacoma candida Lamarck 1818
Psammacoma carlottensis Whiteaves 1880
Psammacoma democraciana Hodson 1931
Psammacoma diphas Woodring 1982
Psammacoma gatunensis Toula 1909
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Invalid names: Macoma (Psammacoma) falconensis Hodson and Hodson 1931 [synonym], Tellina (Eurytellina) aequilaterminata Brown and Pilsbry 1913 [synonym]
Psammacoma lamproleuca Pilsbry and Lowe 1932
Psammacoma olivella Dall 1900
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Invalid names: Macoma (Psammacoma) tracta Dall 1900 [synonym], Psammacoma yaquensis Maury 1917 [synonym]
Psammacoma panamensis Dall 1900
Psammacoma talaor Woodring 1982
Psammacoma torynoides Gardner 1947
Psammacoma zapotalensis Spieker 1922
Subg. Macoma (Rexithaerus) Conrad 1869
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Macoma (Rexithaerus) sespeensis Loel and Corey 1932
Rexithaerus expansa Carpenter 1864
Rexithaerus secta Conrad 1837
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Invalid names: Macoma edulis Carpenter 1860 [synonym]
Subg. †Macoma (Salmacoma) Iredale 1929
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Scissulina dispar Conrad 1837
Macoma albaria Conrad 1849
Macoma astori Dall 1909
Macoma brota Dall 1916
Macoma constricta Bruguière 1792
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Invalid names: Psammobia cayenensis Lamarck 1818 [synonym], Tellina lateralis Say 1826 [synonym]
Macoma costaricana Olsson 1922
Macoma danai Harris 1919
Macoma edentula Spengler 1798
Macoma fusca Say 1826
Macoma inornata Hanley 1844
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Invalid names: Tellina tubulensis Philippi 1887 [synonym]
Macoma kirkinskayae Krishtofovich 1957
Macoma lenis Conrad 1843
Macoma limula Dall 1895
Macoma lissoni Olsson 1931
Macoma marylandica Glenn 1904
Macoma meroensis Olsson 1931
Macoma montesanoensis Weaver 1912
Macoma nasuta Conrad 1837
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Invalid names: Macoma jacalitosana Arnold 1909 [synonym], Macoma kelseyi Dall 1900 [synonym]
Macoma osakaensis Krishtofovich 1957
Macoma pabloensis Clark 1915
Macoma simizuensis Krishtofovich 1957
Macoma snohomishensis Weaver 1912
Macoma sookensis Clark and Arnold 1923
Macoma tenta Say 1834
Macoma tenuiplicata Bartrum 1919
Macoma tigilensis Kristofovich 1947
Macoma viticola Anderson and Hanna 1925
Macoma wilcoxi Hall and Ambrose 1916
Macoma wynootcheensis Weaver 1912
Macoma yamadai Nagao 1928
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available