Macoma Explained

Macoma is a large genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Tellinidae, the tellins.^{[1] [2]}

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species are included as accepted names within the genus Macoma:^[1]

• Macoma acolasta Dall, 1921 – morsel macoma
• Macoma awaijiensis (Sowerby, 1914)
• Macoma biota Arruda & Domaneschi, 2005
• Macoma brota Dall, 1916 – heavy macoma
• Macoma bruuni Nickles, 1955
• Macoma calcarea (Gmelin, 1791) – chalky macoma
• Macoma cancellata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1853)
• Macoma candida (Lamarck, 1818)
• Macoma carlottensis Whiteaves, 1880 – Charlotte macoma
• Macoma cerina Dall, 1900 – waxy macoma
• Macoma cleryana (d'Orbigny, 1846)
• Macoma coani Kafanov & Lutaenko, 1999
• Macoma consociata (Smith, 1885)
• Macoma constricta (Bruguière, 1792) – constricted macoma
• Macoma crassula (Deshayes, 1855) – thick macoma
• Macoma cumana (Costa O.G., 1829)
• Macoma dexioptera Baxter, 1977
• Macoma dubia (Deshayes, 1854)
• Macoma ecuadoriana Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941
• Macoma elimata Dunnill & Coan, 1968
• Macoma elytrum Keen, 1958
• Macoma expansa Carpenter, 1864
• Macoma extenuata Dall, 1900 – slender macoma
• Macoma georgiana Dell, 1964
• Macoma golikovi Scarlato & Kafanov, 1941
• Macoma hanleyi (Dunker, 1853)
• Macoma hemicilla (Iredale, 1936)
• Macoma hesperus Dall, 1908
• Macoma hokkaidoensis Amano, Lutaenko & Matsubara, 1999
• Macoma incongrua (Martens, 1865)
• Macoma indentata Carpenter, 1864
• Macoma inexpectata Cosel, 1995
• Macoma inornata (Hanley, 1844)
• Macoma inquinata (Deshayes, 1855)
• Macoma lama Bartsch, 1929 – Aleutian macoma
• Macoma lamproleuca (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
• Macoma limula Dall, 1895 – little-file macoma
• Macoma lipara Dall, 1916
• Macoma litoralis (Krauss, 1848)
• Macoma loveni (A. S. Jensen, 1905) – inflated macoma, loven macoma
• Macoma lucerna (Hanley, 1844)
• Macoma melo (Sowerby G.B. II, 1866)
• Macoma middendorffi Dall, 1884
• Macoma mitchelli Dall, 1895 – Matagorda macoma, mitchell macoma
• Macoma moesta (Deshayes, 1855) – flat macoma
• Macoma murrayana (Salisbury, 1934)
• Macoma nasuta (Conrad, 1837) – bent-nosed clam
• Macoma nobilis (Hanley, 1845)
• Macoma obliqua (J. Sowerby, 1817)
• Macoma panamensis Dall, 1900
• Macoma phenax Dall, 1900 – cheating macoma
• Macoma praetexta (Martens, 1865)
• Macoma pseudofallax Cosel, 1995
• Macoma pseudomera Dall & Simpson, 1901 – mera macoma
• Macoma pulleyi Boyer, 1969 – delta macoma, pulley macoma
• Macoma retrorsa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1867)
• Macoma secta (Conrad, 1837)
• Macoma shiratoriensis (Matsubara, 1994)
• Macoma siliqua (C. B. Adams, 1852)
• Macoma subovata (Sowerby, 1867)
• Macoma tageliformis Dall, 1900 – tagelus macoma
• Macoma takahokoensis Yamamoto & Habe, 1959
• Macoma tenta (Say, 1834) – elongate macoma
• Macoma tokyoensis Makiyama, 1927
• Macoma torelli (Jensen, 1905) – triangular macoma
• Macoma uruguayensis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• Macoma vappa (Iredale, 1929)
• Macoma ventricosa (Deshayes, 1855)
• Macoma yoldiformis Carpenter, 1864

Notes and References

1. Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Macoma Leach, 1819. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-11-01
2. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=81033 ITIS report: Macoma genus