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Tellina (Macoma) Leach, 1819
572649 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:572649)
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Macoma tenera Leach, 1819 accepted as Macoma calcarea (Gmelin, 1791) (type by monotypy)
- Species Tellina (Macoma) africana G. B. Sowerby III, 1904 accepted as Macomopsis crawfordi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)
- Species Tellina (Macoma) arafurensis E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Psammacoma arafurensis (E. A. Smith, 1885) (basionym)
- Species Tellina (Macoma) candidata G. B. Sowerby III, 1894 accepted as Macomopsis moluccensis (E. von Martens, 1865) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tellina (Macoma) consociata E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Macomopsis moluccensis (E. von Martens, 1865)
- Species Tellina (Macoma) crawfordi G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 accepted as Macomopsis crawfordi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) (basionym)
- Species Tellina (Macoma) cumana (O. G. Costa, 1830) accepted as Macomopsis cumana (O. G. Costa, 1830) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Tellina (Macoma) densestriata Preston, 1906 accepted as Macalia bruguieri (Hanley, 1844) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tellina (Macoma) inclinata G. B. Sowerby III, 1904 accepted as Macoploma inclinata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1904)
- Species Tellina (Macoma) levior G. B. Sowerby III, 1904 accepted as Psammacoma levior (G. B. Sowerby III, 1904)
- Species Tellina (Macoma) loveni A. S. Jensen, 1905 accepted as Macoma loveni (A. S. Jensen, 1905)
- Species Tellina (Macoma) lyngei A. E. Salisbury, 1934 accepted as Gastrana lyngei (A. E. Salisbury, 1934) (basionym)
- Species Tellina (Macoma) ordinaria G. B. Sowerby III, 1904 accepted as Macomopsis ordinaria (G. B. Sowerby III, 1904)
- Species Tellina (Macoma) praemitis Römer, 1873 accepted as Praetextellina praemitis (Römer, 1873)
- Species Tellina (Macoma) serana P. J. Fischer, 1921 † accepted as Macoma serana (P. J. Fischer, 1921) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Tellina (Macoma) tenuisculpta Lynge, 1909 accepted as Gastrana lyngei (A. E. Salisbury, 1934) (invalid: junior homonym of Tellina tenuisculpta G. B. Sowerby II, 1868; Tellina lyngei Salisbury, 1934 is a replacement name)
- Species Tellina (Macoma) torelli A. S. Jensen, 1905 accepted as Macoma torelli (A. S. Jensen, 1905)
- Species Tellina (Macoma) tricostata Römer, 1872 accepted as Austromacoma nymphalis (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Tellina (Macoma) uruguayensis E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Macoploma tenta (Say, 1838)
- Species Tellina (Macoma) vesicaria Römer, 1872 accepted as Austromacoma nymphalis (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Tellina (Macoma) constricta (Bruguière, 1792) represented as Tellina constricta (Bruguière, 1792) accepted as Macoma constricta (Bruguière, 1792) accepted as Austromacoma constricta (Bruguière, 1792)
- Species Tellina (Macoma) rousi G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 represented as Tellina rousi G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 accepted as Salmacoma litoralis (Krauss, 1848) (basionym)
- Species Tellina (Macoma) capsicum Römer, 1873 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Macoma Leach, 1819) 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. <b>p.lxi - lxiv [in] </b> 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. <em>[book].</em> xxxix+252 pp., 29 pls, 3 maps. John Murray. London., available online at https://archive.org/details/voyageofdiscover02ross/page/n413/mode/2up
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(of Macoma Leach, 1819) 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. <b>p.lxi - lxiv [in] </b> 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. <em>[book].</em> xxxix+252 pp., 29 pls, 3 maps. John Murray. London., available online at https://archive.org/details/voyageofdiscover02ross/page/n413/mode/2up
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