BeRMS taxon details

Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)

141579 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141579)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Bivalvia
  5. Autobranchia
  6. Heteroconchia
  7. Euheterodonta
  8. Imparidentia
  9. Cardiida
  10. Tellinoidea
  11. Tellinidae
  12. Macominae
  13. Macoma
  14. Macoma balthica
accepted
Species
Macoma Leach, 1819
Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
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. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 677 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141579 on 2026-08-01
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/berms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141579 on 2026-08-01
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2016-06-12 07:47:41Z
changed
Sartori, André F.
2021-12-07 08:18:49Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

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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. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 677 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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 IMIS) [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 IMIS) [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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00405460 [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 
   

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LanguageName 
Danish østersømusling  [details]
Dutch nonnetjegewoon nonnetje  [details]
English Baltic tellinBaltic macoma  [details]
French tellline Baltique [from synonym]telline Baltiquepetit macoma  [details]
German Rote Bohnerote BohnePlattmuschelBaltische TellmuschelBaltische Plattmuschel  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål østersjøskjell  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk østersjøskjel  [details]
Polish rogowiec bałtycki  [details]
Swedish östersjömussla  [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 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 0.05-0.15 ... 
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) Netherlands, Zeeland, Domburg) 
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758)
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
Unreviewed