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Macoma secta (Conrad, 1837) 
AphiaID: 582762

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Tellinoidea (Superfamily) > Tellinidae (Family) > Macoma (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Macoma Leach, 1819
Synonymised
taxa		  Macoma (Rexithaerus) secta (Conrad, 1837)
 Macoma secta edulis Carpenter, 1860
 Tellina ligamentina Deshayes, 1843
 Tellina secta Conrad, 1837 (original combination)
Sources  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]

from synonym: 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. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details] [view taxon]

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Subspecies Macoma secta edulis Carpenter, 1860 accepted as Macoma secta (Conrad, 1837)
Environment marine
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (89 publications)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
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Image 
Macoma secta
Macoma secta
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:582762
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2011-10-22 14:32:48Z  created  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Macoma secta (Conrad, 1837). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=582762 on 2013-05-23
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