Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Cardiida > Superfamily Tellinoidea > Family Tellinidae > Subfamily Macominae

Macoma Leach, 1819

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Limecola*	T. Brown, 1844	synonym
*Tellina (Macoma)*	Leach, 1819	synonym; alternate representation

Children

Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Macoma calcarea (Gmelin, 1791)
Macoma loveni (A. S. Jensen, 1905)
Macoma obliqua (J. Sowerby, 1817)
Macoma petalum (Valenciennes, 1821)
Macoma torelli (A. S. Jensen, 1905)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: nonnetjes

Literature

original description	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. p.lxi - lxiv [in] 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. [book]. xxxix+252 pp., 29 pls, 3 maps. John Murray. London.
basis of record	Keen A.M. 1969. Superfamily Tellinacea. Pp. N613-N643, In R.C. Moore (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N: Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence.
redescription	Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Macoma Leach, 1819. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138531