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Macoma is a large genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Tellinidae, the tellins.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macoma, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2286987	https://www.gbif.org/species/2286987
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17852	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17852

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : Macoma

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioidei	Ferussac 1822
superfamily	Tellinoidea
family	Tellinidae	Blainville 1814
genus	Macoma	Leach 1819

Scientific Name

Macoma Leach, 1819

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. [in] Ross J. London. 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. xxxix+252 pp., 29 pls, 3 maps.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Macoma	subgenus	belongs to Tellina	stated with evidence	Johnstrup, 1882
Macoma	genus	belongs to Tellinidae	stated without evidence	Glenn, 1904
Macoma	genus	belongs to Tellinidae	stated with evidence	Gardner, 1943
Macoma	genus	belongs to Tellinidae	stated without evidence	Durham, 1944
Macoma	genus	belongs to Tellinidae	stated with evidence	Gardner, 1947
Macoma	subgenus	belongs to Gastrana	stated without evidence	Abrard, 1947
Macoma	genus	belongs to Macominae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Macoma	genus	belongs to Macominae	stated without evidence	Squires, 1984
Macoma	genus	belongs to Tellinidae	stated without evidence	Moore, 1984
Macoma	genus	belongs to Tellinidae	stated with evidence	Ward and Blackwelder, 1987
Macoma	genus	belongs to Tellinidae	implied	Lamprell and Whitehead, 1992
Macoma	genus	belongs to Tellinidae	stated with evidence	Frassinetti and Covacevich, 1999
Macoma	genus	belongs to Tellinidae	stated without evidence	Wienrich, 1999
Macoma	genus	belongs to Macominae	stated with evidence	Coan et al., 2000
Macoma	genus	belongs to Tellinidae	stated with evidence	Todd, 2001
Macoma	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Macoma	genus	belongs to Tellinidae	stated without evidence	Nielson and Valdovinos, 2008
Macoma	genus	belongs to Macominae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Macoma	genus	belongs to Tellinidae	stated without evidence	Hickman, 2015

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

37 (54%)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Tellinidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

deposit feeder (based on Tellinidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Tellinidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Common Name(s)

Nonnetjes

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macoma

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Macoma (Heteromacoma) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		12	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Macoma (Macoma) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		316	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Macoma (Macoploma) subgenus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Macoma (Rexithaerus) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		48	28.1 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Macoma (Salmacoma) subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Macoma affinis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma albaria ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		23	28.1 Ma Oligocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Macoma alumensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma astori ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	28.1 Ma Oligocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Macoma atsunaiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma balthica species	listed (PBDB)		111	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Macoma brota species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma calcarea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma calhounensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma carlottensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Macoma carolinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma cerina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma chiriquiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma conradi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma constricta species	listed (PBDB)		11	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Macoma cookei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma copelandi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	23.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Macoma costaricana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	5.33 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Macoma crassula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma cuneipyga species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma danai ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Macoma diabloensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	16.0 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Macoma edentula species	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Macoma elimata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma erycinoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma fusca species	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Macoma gardnerae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma golikovi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma hemicilla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma holmesii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma hosfordensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma inclinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma incongrua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma inornata species	listed (PBDB)		5	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Macoma inquinata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		25	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Macoma irma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma jeanae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma kirkinskayae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	33.9 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Macoma lama species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma lata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma laxa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma lenis species	listed (PBDB)
Macoma leognanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma limula species	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Macoma lipara species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma lissoni species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Macoma loveni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma lyelli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma marylandica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Macoma meroensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	37.2 Ma Eocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Macoma middendorffi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma moesta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma murrayana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma nasuta species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		66	37.2 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Macoma nipponica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma obliqua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma osakaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	33.9 Ma Oligocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Macoma pabloensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Macoma panzana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Macoma paralenis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma paralensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma platensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma rosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Macoma scarlatoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma sespeensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma sheridani ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Macoma shiashkotanika species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma shiratoriensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma simizuensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	33.9 Ma Oligocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Macoma sookensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	28.1 Ma Oligocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Macoma tenta species	listed (PBDB)		9	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Macoma tenuiplicata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Macoma tigilensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	41.3 Ma Eocene
Macoma tokyoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma torelli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma transculpta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma twinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma uruguayensis species	listed (PBDB)		2	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Macoma vendryesi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma virginiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macoma yamadai ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Psammobia galathea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tellina lenis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tellina praetenuis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Nipponopagia Ogasawara, 1977	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : *Nipponopagia*
Pinguimacoma Iredale, 1936	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : *Pinguimacoma*
Macrotoma Trueman, 1942	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : *Macrotoma*
Macroma Gray, 1825	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : *Macroma*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1819	Macoma Leach
1882	Tellina (Macoma) Johnstrup p. 8
1904	Macoma Glenn p. 301
1923	Macoma Clark and Arnold p. 151
1928	Macoma Nagao p. 81
1931	Macoma Olsson p. 63
1943	Macoma Gardner p. 99
1944	Macoma Durham p. 149
1947	Gastrana (Macoma) Abrard
1947	Macoma Gardner p. 200
1980	Macoma Vokes p. 145
1984	Macoma Moore p. 30

Year	Name and Author
1984	Macoma Squires p. 50
1987	Macoma Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1992	Macoma Lamprell and Whitehead p. 102
1999	Macoma Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 35
1999	Macoma Squires p. 27
1999	Macoma Wienrich p. 247
2000	Macoma Coan et al. p. 408
2001	Macoma Todd
2002	Macoma Sepkoski, Jr.
2008	Macoma Nielson and Valdovinos p. 206
2010	Macoma Bouchet et al.
2015	Macoma Hickman p. 28

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Glenn L. C. (1904) Pelecypoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 274-401

Clark B. L., Arnold R. (1923) Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island, University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14 5, 123-234

Nagao T. (1928) Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part II, Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 12 1, 11-140

Olsson A. A. (1931) Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene, Bulletins of American Paleontology 17 63

Gardner J. A. (1943) Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199 A

Durham J. W. (1944) Megafaunal zones of the Oligocene of northwestern Washington, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 27, 101 -212

Gardner J. R. (1947) The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 142A-H, 1-709

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Moore E. J. (1984) Molluscan paleontology and biostratigraphy of the Lower Miocene upper part of the Lincoln Creek Formation in southwestern Washington, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 351, 1-42

Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76

Ward L. W., Blackwelder B.W. (1987) Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61, 113-283

Lamprell K., Whitehead T. (1992) , Bivalves of Australia 1

Frassinetti D., Covacevich V. (1999) Invertibrados fósiles marinos de la Formación Guadal (Oligoceno superio-Mioceno inferior) en Pampa, Castillo region, región de Aisén, Chile, Servico Nacional de Geologia y Mineria Chile Boletin 51, 1-96

Wienrich G. (1999) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 2 Bivalvia, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, Bryozoa, Annelida, Brachiopoda, Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 2, 188-384

Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections, [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]

Nielson S. N., Valdovinos C. (2008) Early Pleistocene mollusks of the Tubul Formation, south-central Chile, The Nautilus 122 4, 201-216

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Hickman C. S. (2015) Paleogene marine bivalves of the deep-water Keasey Formation in Oregon, Part III: The heteroconchs, PaleoBios 32, 1-44

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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. - via World Register of Marine Species

Karlsson, Anna (2004) Mollusker - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

SN2000/Boss, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Keen A.M. 1969. Superfamily Tellinacea. Pp. N613-N643, In R.C. Moore (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N: Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence. - via World Register of Marine Species

in Ross, Voy. Discov. Baffin's Bay, 4to, App. II, pl. xii. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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