ERMS taxon details
Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)
141579 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141579)
accepted
Species
Limecola balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Loripes roseus Krynicki, 1837 · unaccepted
Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Tellina carnaria Linnaeus, 1758 sensu Pennant, 1777 · unaccepted (misidentification of Tellina...)
misidentification of Tellina carnaria Linnaeus, 1758
Tellina inconspicua Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tellina neustriaca Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tellina rubra da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted
Tellina solidula Pulteney, 1799 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tellina solidula f. normalis Middendorff, 1851 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tellina zonata Gmelin, 1791, sensu Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted (misapplication)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 677 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 677 [details] Available for editors
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141579 on 2025-04-30
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141579 on 2025-04-30
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original description
(of Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 677 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Tellina rubra da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 211-212; pl. 12 fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Tellina inconspicua Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1829). Observations on new or interesting Mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 4: 359-379, pl. 9. [January]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485275
page(s): 363 [details]
original description (of Tellina neustriaca Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 424, 594 [details]
original description (of Tellina solidula Pulteney, 1799) Pulteney, R. (1799). Catalogue of the birds, shells, and some of the more rare plants of Dorsetshire. London, Nichols, 92 pp.
page(s): 29 [details]
original description (of Tellina solidula f. normalis Middendorff, 1851) Middendorff, A. T. von. (1851). Mollusken, pp. 163-464, pls. 8-30. - <i>In</i>: Brandt, F., Erichson, W. F., Fischer, S., Grube, E., Ménétriés, E. & Middendorff, A. T. von: Reise in den äussersten Norden und Osten Sibiriens während der Jahre 1843 und 1844. Band II. Zoologie. Theil 1. Wirbellose Thiere: Annulaten. Echinodermen. Insecten. Krebse. Mollusken. Parasiten. St. Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 516 pp., 32 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37047707
page(s): 262 [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source Bachelet G. (1980). Growth and recruitment of the tellinid bivalve <i>Macoma balthica</i> at the southern limit of its geographical distribution, the Gironde estuary (SW France). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 59(2): 105–117. [details]
additional source Gilbert, M. A. (1978). Aspects of the reproductive cycle in <i>Macoma balthica</i> (Bivalvia). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 92(1): 21-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8273949 [details]
page(s): 677 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Tellina rubra da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 211-212; pl. 12 fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Tellina inconspicua Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1829). Observations on new or interesting Mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 4: 359-379, pl. 9. [January]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485275
page(s): 363 [details]
original description (of Tellina neustriaca Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 424, 594 [details]
original description (of Tellina solidula Pulteney, 1799) Pulteney, R. (1799). Catalogue of the birds, shells, and some of the more rare plants of Dorsetshire. London, Nichols, 92 pp.
page(s): 29 [details]
original description (of Tellina solidula f. normalis Middendorff, 1851) Middendorff, A. T. von. (1851). Mollusken, pp. 163-464, pls. 8-30. - <i>In</i>: Brandt, F., Erichson, W. F., Fischer, S., Grube, E., Ménétriés, E. & Middendorff, A. T. von: Reise in den äussersten Norden und Osten Sibiriens während der Jahre 1843 und 1844. Band II. Zoologie. Theil 1. Wirbellose Thiere: Annulaten. Echinodermen. Insecten. Krebse. Mollusken. Parasiten. St. Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 516 pp., 32 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37047707
page(s): 262 [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source Bachelet G. (1980). Growth and recruitment of the tellinid bivalve <i>Macoma balthica</i> at the southern limit of its geographical distribution, the Gironde estuary (SW France). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 59(2): 105–117. [details]
additional source Gilbert, M. A. (1978). Aspects of the reproductive cycle in <i>Macoma balthica</i> (Bivalvia). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 92(1): 21-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8273949 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | nonnetjegewoon nonnetje | [details] |
| English | Baltic tellinBaltic macoma | [details] |
| French | telline Baltique | [details] |
| German | rote BohnePlattmuschelBaltische Tellmuschel | [details] |
BIOTIC
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (135 barcodes) (from synonym Limecola balthica (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (146 publications) (from synonym Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (176 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (264 publications) (from synonym Tellina solidula Pulteney, 1799)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macoma balthica)
To GenBank (858 nucleotides; 933 proteins)
To GenBank (858 nucleotides; 933 proteins) (from synonym Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (858 nucleotides; 933 proteins) (from synonym Limecola balthica (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver, at .5-.15 m d...
To Malacopics (Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) Finland, Satakunta, Pori, Yyteri, beached, collect...
To Malacopics (Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Friesland, Terschelling, beachmarker ...
To Malacopics (Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Friesland, Terschelling, beachmarker ...
To Malacopics (Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina carnaria Linnaeus, 1758 sensu Pennant, 1777)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina rubra da Costa, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina inconspicua Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina neustriaca Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina solidula Pulteney, 1799)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina zonata Gmelin, 1791, sensu Dillwyn, 1817)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina solidula f. normalis Middendorff, 1851)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758)
To ITIS
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (135 barcodes) (from synonym Limecola balthica (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (146 publications) (from synonym Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (176 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (264 publications) (from synonym Tellina solidula Pulteney, 1799)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macoma balthica)
To GenBank (858 nucleotides; 933 proteins)
To GenBank (858 nucleotides; 933 proteins) (from synonym Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (858 nucleotides; 933 proteins) (from synonym Limecola balthica (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver, at .5-.15 m d...
To Malacopics (Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) Finland, Satakunta, Pori, Yyteri, beached, collect...
To Malacopics (Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Friesland, Terschelling, beachmarker ...
To Malacopics (Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Friesland, Terschelling, beachmarker ...
To Malacopics (Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina carnaria Linnaeus, 1758 sensu Pennant, 1777)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina rubra da Costa, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina inconspicua Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina neustriaca Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina solidula Pulteney, 1799)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina zonata Gmelin, 1791, sensu Dillwyn, 1817)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina solidula f. normalis Middendorff, 1851)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758)
To ITIS
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.jpg "To Malacopics (Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Friesland, Terschelling, beachmarker ...")
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