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Macoma obliqua (J. Sowerby, 1817) †

423498 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:423498)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Bivalvia
  5. Autobranchia
  6. Heteroconchia
  7. Euheterodonta
  8. Imparidentia
  9. Cardiida
  10. Tellinoidea
  11. Tellinidae
  12. Macominae
  13. Macoma
  14. Macoma obliqua †
accepted
Species
Macoma Leach, 1819
marine
fossil only
(of Tellina obliqua J. Sowerby, 1817 †) Sowerby, J. (1815-1818). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth [Vol. II]. London, privately published, pp. 1-235 + index, errata and addenda [3 pp.] + supplementary index to vol. II, pp. 240-251; pl. 103-233 [1815: pp. 1-28, pl. 103-114; 1816: pp. 29-116, pl. 115-150; 1817: pp. 117-194, pl. 151-186; 1818: pp. 195-251, pl. 187-203]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210427
page(s): 137, pl. 161, fig. 1 [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Macoma obliqua (J. Sowerby, 1817) †. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=423498 on 2026-07-02
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Macoma obliqua (J. Sowerby, 1817) †. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=423498 on 2026-07-02
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2009-10-14 07:33:41Z
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Gofas, Serge

original description (of Tellina obliqua J. Sowerby, 1817 †) Sowerby, J. (1815-1818). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth [Vol. II]. London, privately published, pp. 1-235 + index, errata and addenda [3 pp.] + supplementary index to vol. II, pp. 240-251; pl. 103-233 [1815: pp. 1-28, pl. 103-114; 1816: pp. 29-116, pl. 115-150; 1817: pp. 117-194, pl. 151-186; 1818: pp. 195-251, pl. 187-203]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210427
page(s): 137, pl. 161, fig. 1 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms.</i> Harxheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6). [Tellinidae by M. Huber, A. Langleit & K. Kreipl, pp. 167-297, 564-746].
page(s): supplementary material; note: listed as extinct species; Recent records attributed to Macoma golikovi Scarlato & Kafanov, 1988 [details] 
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) 
To Malacopics (Macoma obliqua (J. Sowerby, 1817) Netherlands, Zeeland, Domburg) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
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