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Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)

141579  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141579)

accepted
Species
Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Tellina carnaria Linnaeus, 1758 sensu Pennant, 1777 · unaccepted (misidentification of Tellina...)  
misidentification of Tellina carnaria Linnaeus, 1758
Tellina inconspicua Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tellina neustriaca Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tellina solidula Pulteney, 1799 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tellina zonata Gmelin, 1791, sensu Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted (misapplication)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 677 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141579 on 2026-06-02
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=141579 on 2026-06-02
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2016-06-12 07:47:41Z
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Sartori, André F.
2021-12-07 08:18:49Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

original description (of Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 677 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Tellina rubra da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 211-212; pl. 12 fig. 4 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Tellina inconspicua Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1829). Observations on new or interesting Mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 4: 359-379, pl. 9. [January]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485275
page(s): 363 [details] 

original description (of Tellina neustriaca Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 424, 594 [details] 

original description (of Tellina solidula Pulteney, 1799) Pulteney, R. (1799). Catalogue of the birds, shells, and some of the more rare plants of Dorsetshire. London, Nichols, 92 pp.
page(s): 29 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Tellina solidula f. normalis Middendorff, 1851) Middendorff, A. T. von. (1851). Mollusken, pp. 163-464, pls. 8-30. - <i>In</i>: Brandt, F., Erichson, W. F., Fischer, S., Grube, E., Ménétriés, E. & Middendorff, A. T. von: Reise in den äussersten Norden und Osten Sibiriens während der Jahre 1843 und 1844. Band II. Zoologie. Theil 1. Wirbellose Thiere: Annulaten. Echinodermen. Insecten. Krebse. Mollusken. Parasiten. St. Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 516 pp., 32 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37047707
page(s): 262 [details] 

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

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 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 Bachelet G. (1980). Growth and recruitment of the tellinid bivalve <i>Macoma balthica</i> at the southern limit of its geographical distribution, the Gironde estuary (SW France). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 59(2): 105–117., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00405460 [details] 

additional source Gilbert, M. A. (1978). Aspects of the reproductive cycle in <i>Macoma balthica</i> (Bivalvia). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 92(1): 21-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8273949 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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LanguageName 
Dutch nonnetjegewoon nonnetje  [details]
English Baltic tellinBaltic macoma  [details]
French telline Baltique  [details]
German rote BohnePlattmuschelBaltische Tellmuschel  [details]
BIOTIC 
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland 
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
To Barcode of Life (135 barcodes) (from synonym Limecola balthica (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (146 publications) (from synonym Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (176 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (264 publications) (from synonym Tellina solidula Pulteney, 1799)
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macoma balthica) 
To GenBank (858 nucleotides; 933 proteins) 
To GenBank (858 nucleotides; 933 proteins) (from synonym Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (858 nucleotides; 933 proteins) (from synonym Limecola balthica (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To Malacopics (Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver, at 0.05-0.15 ... 
To Malacopics (Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) Finland, Satakunta, Pori, Yyteri, beached, collect... 
To Malacopics (Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Friesland, Terschelling, beachmarker ... 
To Malacopics (Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Friesland, Terschelling, beachmarker ... 
To Malacopics (Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Zeeland, Domburg) 
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina carnaria Linnaeus, 1758 sensu Pennant, 1777)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina rubra da Costa, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina inconspicua Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina neustriaca Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina solidula Pulteney, 1799)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina zonata Gmelin, 1791, sensu Dillwyn, 1817)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina solidula f. normalis Middendorff, 1851)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758)
To ITIS
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