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 > Genus Macoma

Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Tellina Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Macoma*	Leach, 1819	accepted genus name
*Limecola*	T. Brown, 1844	synonym
*Tellina (Macoma)*	Leach, 1819	synonym

Species group names

*Limecola balthica*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Loripes roseus*	Krynicki, 1837	synonym
*Tellina carnaria*	Linnaeus, 1758 sensu Pennant, 1777	synonym
*Tellina inconspicua*	Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829	synonym
*Tellina neustriaca*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Tellina rubra*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Tellina solidula*	Pulteney, 1799	synonym
*Tellina solidula f. normalis*	Middendorff, 1851	synonym
*Tellina zonata*	Gmelin, 1791, sensu Dillwyn, 1817	misapplied name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: østersømusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: gewoon nonnetje; nonnetje sources: de Bruyne, R.H.; Bank, R.A.; Adema, J.P.H.M.; Perk, F.A. (1994). Nederlandse naamlijst van de weekdieren (Mollusca) van Nederland en Belgie: feestuitgave ter gelegenheid van het zestig-jarig jubileum van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging [Dutch namelist of the Mollusca from the Netherlands and Belgium: festive edition at the occasion of the 60-year jubilee of the Dutch Malacological Society]. Backhuys Publishers: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73348-33-1. 149 pp.;Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: Baltic macoma; Baltic tellin sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);Holtmann, S.E.; Groenewold, A.; Schrader, K.H.M.; Asjes, J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; van Bostelen, A.J.; van der Meer, J. (1996). Atlas of the zoobenthos of the Dutch continental shelf. Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management: Rijswijk, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-369-4301-9. 243 pp.

French: petit macoma; telline Baltique sources: Chabot, R. & Rossignol, A. 2003. Algues et faune du littoral du Saint-Laurent maritime: Guide d'identification. Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Rimouski; Pêches et Océans Canada (Institut Maurice-Lamontagne), Mont-Joli. 113 pages.;Degraer, S.; Wittoeck, J.; Appeltans, W.; Cooreman, K.; Deprez, T.; Hillewaert, H.; Hostens, K.; Mees, J.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Vincx, M. (2006). The macrobenthos atlas of the Belgian part of the North Sea. Belgian Science Policy. D/2005/1191/3. ISBN 90-810081-6-1. 164 pp.

German: Baltische Plattmuschel; Baltische Tellmuschel; Plattmuschel; rote Bohne sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee;Holtmann, S.E.; Groenewold, A.; Schrader, K.H.M.; Asjes, J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; van Bostelen, A.J.; van der Meer, J. (1996). Atlas of the zoobenthos of the Dutch continental shelf. Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management: Rijswijk, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-369-4301-9. 243 pp.

Norwegian Bokmål: østersjøskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: østersjøskjel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: rogowiec bałtycki sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: östersjömussla

Literature

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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Gilbert, M. A. (1978). Aspects of the reproductive cycle in Macoma balthica (Bivalvia). The Nautilus. 92(1): 21-24.
additional source	Bachelet G. (1980). Growth and recruitment of the tellinid bivalve Macoma balthica at the southern limit of its geographical distribution, the Gironde estuary (SW France). Marine Biology. 59(2): 105–117.
additional source	Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974].

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:141579