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