Macoma
Macoma is a large genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Tellinidae, the tellins.[1][2]
| Macoma | |
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| Macoma secta, the white-sand macoma | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Bivalvia | 
| Order: | Cardiida | 
| Superfamily: | Tellinoidea | 
| Family: | Tellinidae | 
| Genus: | Macoma Leach, 1819  | 
| Species | |
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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
 
References
    
- Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2014).Macoma Leach, 1819. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-11-01
 - ITIS report: Macoma genus
 
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