MolluscaBase taxon details
Macoma nasuta (Conrad, 1837)
582761 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:582761)
accepted
Species
Macoma (Macoma) nasuta (Conrad, 1837) · alternative representation
Macoma jacalitosana R. Arnold, 1910 · unaccepted
Macoma kelseyi Dall, 1900 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tellina nasuta Conrad, 1837 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tellina tersa Gould, 1853 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Tellina nasuta Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 258 [details]
page(s): 258 [details]
Note USA, the coast of California near St. Diego
Type locality USA, the coast of California near St. Diego [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Macoma nasuta (Conrad, 1837). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=582761 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Tellina nasuta Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 258 [details]
original description (of Tellina tersa Gould, 1853) Gould, A. A. (1853). Descriptions of shells from the Gulf of California and the Pacific coasts of Mexico and California. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 374-407, pls 14-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32407065
page(s): 398, pl. 16, fig. 2. [details]
original description (of Macoma kelseyi Dall, 1900 †) Dall, W. H. (1890-1903). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. <em>Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science.</em> 3(1): 1-200 [1890]; 3(2): 201-474 [1892]; 3(3): 475-570, and plates for part 1: pp. 179-190, pl. 1-12; plates for part 2: pp. 449-458, pl. 13-22 [1895]; 3(4): [i]-viii, 571-948, pl. 23-35; [1898]; 3(5): 949-1218, pl. 36-47 [1900]; 3(6): [i]-xiv, 1219-1654, pl. 48-60 [27 October1903]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98240
page(s): 1052, pl. 49, fig. 7 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 44 [details]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 99 [details]
additional source Addicott, W. O. (1968). Additional Pacific Coast <i>Malacobdella grosa</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 81(4): 144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8528169 [details]
page(s): 258 [details]
original description (of Tellina tersa Gould, 1853) Gould, A. A. (1853). Descriptions of shells from the Gulf of California and the Pacific coasts of Mexico and California. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 374-407, pls 14-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32407065
page(s): 398, pl. 16, fig. 2. [details]
original description (of Macoma kelseyi Dall, 1900 †) Dall, W. H. (1890-1903). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. <em>Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science.</em> 3(1): 1-200 [1890]; 3(2): 201-474 [1892]; 3(3): 475-570, and plates for part 1: pp. 179-190, pl. 1-12; plates for part 2: pp. 449-458, pl. 13-22 [1895]; 3(4): [i]-viii, 571-948, pl. 23-35; [1898]; 3(5): 949-1218, pl. 36-47 [1900]; 3(6): [i]-xiv, 1219-1654, pl. 48-60 [27 October1903]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98240
page(s): 1052, pl. 49, fig. 7 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 44 [details]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 99 [details]
additional source Addicott, W. O. (1968). Additional Pacific Coast <i>Malacobdella grosa</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 81(4): 144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8528169 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality USA, the coast of California near St. Diego [details]
To Malacopics (Macoma nasuta (Conrad, 1837) United States, California, Orange Co., Newport Beach, intertidal mud flats, collected 1975, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
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