Macoma
creator: Gofas, Serge
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Vinarski, Maxim
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Macoma Leach, 1819
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Macoma Leach, 1819. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138531 on 2026-08-29
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2023-12-23T09:53:46Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Macoma Leach, 1819
class: Bivalvia
family: Tellinidae
genus: Macoma
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: 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. p.lxi - lxiv [in] 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. [book]. xxxix+252 pp., 29 pls, 3 maps. John Murray. London.
name published in: Brown, T. (1838-1844). Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water. Second edition, greatly enlarged. London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart; London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart.
name published in: Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. Records of the Australian Museum. 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [7 April 1936].
name published in: Ogasawara, K. (1977) Paleontological analysis of Omma fauna from Toyama-Ishikawa area, Hokuriku Province, Japan. The Science Reports, second series (Geology), Tôhoku University, 47, 43–156, pls. 5–25.
name published in year: 1819
name published in year: 1838-1844
name published in year: 1936
name published in year: 1977
order: Cardiida
parent name usage ID: 225471
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: Leach, 1819
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted