MSBIAS taxon details
Macoma Leach, 1819
138531 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138531)
accepted
Genus
Limecola T. Brown, 1844 · unaccepted (unavailable name: introduced in...)
unavailable name: introduced in synonymy
Macoma (Macoma) Leach, 1819 · alternative representation
- Species Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Macoma calcarea (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Macoma loveni (A. S. Jensen, 1905)
- Species Macoma moesta (Deshayes, 1855)
- Species Macoma torelli (A. S. Jensen, 1905)
- Subgenus Macoma (Macoma) Leach, 1819 represented as Macoma Leach, 1819
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
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. <b>p.lxi - lxiv [in] </b> 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. <em>[book].</em> xxxix+252 pp., 29 pls, 3 maps. John Murray. London., available online at https://archive.org/details/voyageofdiscover02ross/page/n413/mode/2up
page(s): lxii [details]
page(s): lxii [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Macoma Leach, 1819. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138531 on 2025-05-11
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Macoma Leach, 1819. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138531 on 2025-05-11
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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. <b>p.lxi - lxiv [in] </b> 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. <em>[book].</em> xxxix+252 pp., 29 pls, 3 maps. John Murray. London., available online at https://archive.org/details/voyageofdiscover02ross/page/n413/mode/2up
page(s): lxii [details]
original description (of Limecola T. Brown, 1844) Brown T. (1844). <i>Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water</i>. Ed. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. <em>Drawn and Coloured from Nature. Second Edition, Greatly Enlarged.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10921172
page(s): 101 [details]
basis of record Keen A.M. 1969. Superfamily Tellinacea. Pp. N613-N643, <i>In</i> R.C. Moore (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N: Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence.
page(s): N623 [details]
redescription 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. [details]
page(s): lxii [details]
original description (of Limecola T. Brown, 1844) Brown T. (1844). <i>Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water</i>. Ed. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. <em>Drawn and Coloured from Nature. Second Edition, Greatly Enlarged.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10921172
page(s): 101 [details]
basis of record Keen A.M. 1969. Superfamily Tellinacea. Pp. N613-N643, <i>In</i> R.C. Moore (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N: Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence.
page(s): N623 [details]
redescription 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. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
