WoRMS taxon details
Macoma calcarea (Gmelin, 1791)
141580 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141580)
accepted
Species
Abrina tatarica Scarlato, 1981 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Macoma calcarea longisinuata Soot-Ryen, 1932 · unaccepted
Macoma calcarea obliqua Soot-Ryen, 1932 · unaccepted
Macoma calcarea sootryeni Petrov, 1966 · unaccepted
Macoma sitkana Dall, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Macoma tenera Leach, 1819 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tellina calcarea Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Tellina frigida Hanley, 1844 · unaccepted
Tellina lata Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tellina lata nasuta Middendorff, 1849 · unaccepted
Tellina obliqua f. perfrigida De Gregorio, 1885 † · unaccepted (synonym)
Tellina proxima T. Brown, 1839 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tellina sabulosa Mörch, 1857 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tellina sordida Couthouy, 1838 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tellina subulosa Spengler, 1798 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Tellina calcarea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
Distribution Greenland to Long Island, New York; Bering Sea to Washington
Distribution Greenland to Long Island, New York; Bering Sea to Washington [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Macoma calcarea (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141580 on 2024-11-24
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original description
(of Macoma tenera Leach, 1819) 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 [details]
original description (of Tellina frigida Hanley, 1844) Hanley S.C.T. (1844-1845). Descriptions of new species of the genus <i>Tellina</i> chiefly collected by H. Cuming Esq. in the Philippine Islands and Central America. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 12: 59-64, 68-72 [September 1844]; 140-144, 147-149 [December 1844]; 164-166 [February 1845]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862353
page(s): 143 [details]
original description (of Tellina calcarea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Tellina lata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Tellina obliqua f. perfrigida De Gregorio, 1885 †) De Gregorio, A. (1884-1885). Studi su talune conchiglie mediterranee viventi e fossili con una rivista del genere <i>Vulsella</i>. <em>Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana.</em> 10(1-4): 36-64, pls 1-3 [10 August 1884]; 65-128, pls 4-5 [20 November 1884]; 10(9-19): 129-288 [30 April 1885]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908552
page(s): 176-178 [details]
original description (of Tellina proxima T. Brown, 1839) Smith, J. (1839). On the last changes in the relative levels of the land and sea in the British Islands. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.</em> 8: 49-113, pl. 1-2. Edinburgh., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35485515 [details]
original description (of Tellina sabulosa Mörch, 1857) Mörch, O. A. L. (1857). <i>Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr, Prodromus fauna molluscorum grønlandicae</i>. In Rink, H.J. (Ed.) <i>Grönland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet. Naturhistoriske Bidrag til en Beskrivelse ad Grönland</i>. Vol. 4. Rink, Copenhagen. pp. 75–100. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28838318 [details]
original description (of Tellina sordida Couthouy, 1838) Couthouy, J. P. (1838). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several Polypii, found in Massachussets Bay. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 2(1): 53-111., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266711 [details]
original description (of Tellina subulosa Spengler, 1798) Spengler L. (1798). Over det toskallede Slægt Tellinerne. <i>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn. 4(2)</i>: 67-121, pl. 12., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN608227374_0004%7CLOG_0030 [details]
original description (of Macoma sitkana Dall, 1900) Dall, W. H. (1900). Synopsis of the family Tellinidae and of the North American species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 23 (1210): 285-326, pls 2-4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7512126
page(s): 307 [details]
original description (of Macoma calcarea obliqua Soot-Ryen, 1932) Soot-Ryen, T. (1932). Pelecypoda: with a discussion of possible migrations of Arctic pelecypods in Tertiary times. In: The Norwegian north polar expedition with the "Maud" 1918 - 1925: scientific results, vol. 5 Biology(12). Bergen, A. S. John Griegs Boktrykkeri, 35 pp. [details]
original description (of Abrina tatarica Scarlato, 1981) Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 373, textfig. 197 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Lutaenko K.A., Danilin D.D. (2024). Macoma brota в северо-западной части Тихого океана, замечания об изменчивости и распространении близких видов и биогеография некоторых Macominae (Bivalvia: Tellinidae) [= Macoma brota in the north-western Pacific Ocean, notes on variability of allied species and biogeography of some Macominae (Bivalvia: Tellinidae)]. <em>The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacologiocal Society.</em> 28(1): 59-124. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.</em> (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Tellina frigida Hanley, 1844) Hanley S.C.T. (1844-1845). Descriptions of new species of the genus <i>Tellina</i> chiefly collected by H. Cuming Esq. in the Philippine Islands and Central America. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 12: 59-64, 68-72 [September 1844]; 140-144, 147-149 [December 1844]; 164-166 [February 1845]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862353
page(s): 143 [details]
original description (of Tellina calcarea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Tellina lata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Tellina obliqua f. perfrigida De Gregorio, 1885 †) De Gregorio, A. (1884-1885). Studi su talune conchiglie mediterranee viventi e fossili con una rivista del genere <i>Vulsella</i>. <em>Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana.</em> 10(1-4): 36-64, pls 1-3 [10 August 1884]; 65-128, pls 4-5 [20 November 1884]; 10(9-19): 129-288 [30 April 1885]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908552
page(s): 176-178 [details]
original description (of Tellina proxima T. Brown, 1839) Smith, J. (1839). On the last changes in the relative levels of the land and sea in the British Islands. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.</em> 8: 49-113, pl. 1-2. Edinburgh., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35485515 [details]
original description (of Tellina sabulosa Mörch, 1857) Mörch, O. A. L. (1857). <i>Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr, Prodromus fauna molluscorum grønlandicae</i>. In Rink, H.J. (Ed.) <i>Grönland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet. Naturhistoriske Bidrag til en Beskrivelse ad Grönland</i>. Vol. 4. Rink, Copenhagen. pp. 75–100. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28838318 [details]
original description (of Tellina sordida Couthouy, 1838) Couthouy, J. P. (1838). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several Polypii, found in Massachussets Bay. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 2(1): 53-111., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266711 [details]
original description (of Tellina subulosa Spengler, 1798) Spengler L. (1798). Over det toskallede Slægt Tellinerne. <i>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn. 4(2)</i>: 67-121, pl. 12., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN608227374_0004%7CLOG_0030 [details]
original description (of Macoma sitkana Dall, 1900) Dall, W. H. (1900). Synopsis of the family Tellinidae and of the North American species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 23 (1210): 285-326, pls 2-4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7512126
page(s): 307 [details]
original description (of Macoma calcarea obliqua Soot-Ryen, 1932) Soot-Ryen, T. (1932). Pelecypoda: with a discussion of possible migrations of Arctic pelecypods in Tertiary times. In: The Norwegian north polar expedition with the "Maud" 1918 - 1925: scientific results, vol. 5 Biology(12). Bergen, A. S. John Griegs Boktrykkeri, 35 pp. [details]
original description (of Abrina tatarica Scarlato, 1981) Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 373, textfig. 197 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Lutaenko K.A., Danilin D.D. (2024). Macoma brota в северо-западной части Тихого океана, замечания об изменчивости и распространении близких видов и биогеография некоторых Macominae (Bivalvia: Tellinidae) [= Macoma brota in the north-western Pacific Ocean, notes on variability of allied species and biogeography of some Macominae (Bivalvia: Tellinidae)]. <em>The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacologiocal Society.</em> 28(1): 59-124. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.</em> (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Unreviewed
Dimensions reaches 3.5 to 5 cm in size [details]Distribution Greenland to Long Island, New York; Bering Sea to Washington [details]
Habitat intertidal, bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Reproduction separate sexes, usually not dimorphic in shell structure; fertilization occurs within the mantle cavity anf young hatch as pelagic larvae (generalized for group) [details]
Language | Name | |
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Danish | stor østersømusling | [details] |
Dutch | ovaal nonnetje | [details] |
English | chalky macoma | [details] |
German | Kalk-PlattmuschelKalkige Tellmuschel | [details] |
Japanese | ケショウシラトリ | [details] |
Russian | Макома известковая | [details] |
Swedish | stor östersjömussla | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (208 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (127 publications) (from synonym Tellina proxima T. Brown, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (129 publications) (from synonym Tellina lata Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (144 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Macoma tenera Leach, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (77 publications) (from synonym Tellina sordida Couthouy, 1838)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macoma calcarea)
To GenBank (136 nucleotides; 124 proteins)
To GenBank (136 nucleotides; 124 proteins) (from synonym Tellina calcarea Gmelin, 1791)
To Malacopics (Macoma calcarea (Gmelin, 1791) Norway, Svalbard, Sorgefjord, by dredging, collected...
To Malacopics (Macoma calcarea (Gmelin, 1791))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To NMNH Extant Collection (Macoma sitkana Holotype USNM 108656) (from synonym Macoma sitkana Dall, 1900)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina sordida Couthouy, 1838)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina subulosa Spengler, 1798)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina proxima T. Brown, 1839)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina sabulosa Mörch, 1857)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Macoma tenera Leach, 1819)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina calcarea Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina lata Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina obliqua f. perfrigida De Gregorio, 1885 †)
To The Arctic Traits Database (26 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (127 publications) (from synonym Tellina proxima T. Brown, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (129 publications) (from synonym Tellina lata Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (144 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Macoma tenera Leach, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (77 publications) (from synonym Tellina sordida Couthouy, 1838)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macoma calcarea)
To GenBank (136 nucleotides; 124 proteins)
To GenBank (136 nucleotides; 124 proteins) (from synonym Tellina calcarea Gmelin, 1791)
To Malacopics (Macoma calcarea (Gmelin, 1791) Norway, Svalbard, Sorgefjord, by dredging, collected...
To Malacopics (Macoma calcarea (Gmelin, 1791))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To NMNH Extant Collection (Macoma sitkana Holotype USNM 108656) (from synonym Macoma sitkana Dall, 1900)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina sordida Couthouy, 1838)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina subulosa Spengler, 1798)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina proxima T. Brown, 1839)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina sabulosa Mörch, 1857)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Macoma tenera Leach, 1819)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina calcarea Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina lata Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina obliqua f. perfrigida De Gregorio, 1885 †)
To The Arctic Traits Database (26 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed