- Macoma balthica
Taxobox
name = "Macoma balthica"
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status = NE
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Mollusca
classis =Bivalvia
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ordo =
subordo =
superfamilia =
familia =Tellinidae
subfamilia =
genus = "Macoma "
subgenus =
species = "M. balthica"
binomial = "Macoma balthica"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
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synonyms ="Macoma balthica", the Baltic macoma, is a
species of small saltwater clam, a marinebivalve mollusk in the family Tellinidae (the macomas and tellins).The shell size of this species is approximately 25 to 35 mm, or about an inch in maximum dimension, and the shell is white, sometimes with a pink tint. This clam lives in muddy bays and can tolerate
brackish water.Distribution and conservation status
* Not listed in
IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE) [2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.. Cited 30 September 2007. ]* Poland
* and othersee also
*
Macoma nasuta References
External links
Recommended literature
* "Macoma balthica" in the White and Barents Seas: properties of a widespread marine hybrid swarm (Mollusca: Bivalvia). PETR STRELKOV, RAISA NIKULA and RISTO VAINOLA. - Molecular Ecology, Volume 16, Issue 19, Page 4110-4127, Oct 2007, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03463.x [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-294x.2007.03463.x abstract]
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