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Macoma
Genus of bivalves
Macoma is a large genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Tellinidae, the tellins.
01Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species are included as accepted names within the genus Macoma:
- 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
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