Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [102, pl. 49]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N623]

History of changes

• Macoma Leach, 1819 [(in Ross) A voyage of discovery... for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay... Appendix 2: lxii].

  Type species:

   Macoma tenera Leach, 1819 by monotypy (Published simultaneously by Blainville [ex Leach MS], 1819 [June], Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts, 88: 465. Macroma [Gray, 1825, The Annals of Philosophy, new ser., 9: 136] is an incorrect subsequent spelling.).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Western Pacific

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [102, pl. 49]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N623]

History of changes

• Tellina praetexta Martens, E.K. von 1865. Descriptions of new species of shells. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 16: 428-432 [430].

Generic Combinations

• Macoma praetexta (Martens, 1865). —
  Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. Catalogue of the Living Marine Bivalve Molluscs of China. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press 121 pp. [94]
• Macoma (Macoma) praetexta (Martens, 1865). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [102, pl. 49, fig. 359]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Western Pacific

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, mud-silt, sand, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 50 m

General References

Sartori, André F. 2012. Macoma praetexta (Martens, 1865). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=711031 (Accessed on 2015-03-23)

History of changes

• Pinguimacoma Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [282].

  Type species:

   Pinguimacoma hemicilla Iredale, 1936 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

General References

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N623, fig. E110, no. 9]

History of changes

• Pinguimacoma hemicilla Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [282, pl. 21, fig. 7].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C. 60623 dry, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia [33°51'S, 151°13'58.8"E].

Generic Combinations

• Macoma (Pinguimacoma) hemicilla (Iredale, 1936).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Bouchet, P. 2013. Macoma hemicilla (Iredale, 1936). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723902 (Accessed on 2015-03-23. M.(P). hemicilla considered an alternate representation of M. hemicilla)

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [24] (as Pinguimacoma hemicilla Iredale, 1936)

History of changes

• Psammacoma Dall, W.H. 1900. Synopsis of the family Tellinidae and of the North American species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 23: 285-326 [imprint date 1901; publication 14 November 1900] [292].

  Type species:

   Psammotaea candida Lamarck, 1818 by original designation (Dall cited the name of the type species as Macoma candida (Lamarck) Bertin, and later (Dall, 1900 [December], Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia, 3(5): 1045) as Tellina candida (Lam.) Bertin (= T. galathea Hanley, Reeve) and T. candida Bertin).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

East Indian to western Pacific

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [102, pl. 49]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N623, fig. E110, no. 12]

History of changes

• Psammotoea candida Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [342].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Australia.
• Tellina (Macoma) arafurensis Smith, E.A. 1885. Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 13(35): 1-341, 25 pls [98].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, station 190, Arafura Sea, in 49 fathoms; green mud.

Generic Combinations

• Macoma (Psammacoma) candida (Lamarck, 1818). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [102, pl. 49, fig. 362]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, sand, sublittoral.

General References

Bertin V. 1878. Révision des Tellinides. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 2 1: 201-361, pls 8-9 [342]

Sartori, A.F. 2013. Macoma candida (Lamarck, 1818). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723980 (Accessed on 2015-03-23. Alternate representation)

History of changes

• Tellina (Macoma) consociata Smith, E.A. 1885. Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 13(35): 1-341, 25 pls [96, pl. 4, figs 4-4b].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, South of Amboina, at a depth of 15-25 fathoms.

Generic Combinations

• Macoma (Psammacoma) consociata (Smith, 1885). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [102, pl. 49, fig. 361]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 45 m

General References

Sartori, A.F. 2013. Macoma consociata (Smith, 1885). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723981 (Accessed on 2015-03-23)

History of changes

• Tellina retrorsa Sowerby, G.B. 1867. Monograph of the genus Tellina. pls 19-42 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 17. [pl. 41, sp. 234].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, locality unknown.

Generic Combinations

• Macoma (Psammacoma) retrorsa (Sowerby, 1867). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [102, pl. 49, fig. 363]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Arafura Sea

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, mud-silt, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

Green mud

General References

Sartori, A.F. & Rosenberg, G. 2013. Macoma retrorsa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1867). World Register of Marine Species. http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572137 (Accessed on 2015-03-23)

Common Name References

Sowerby, G.B. 1867. Monograph of the genus Tellina. pls 19-42 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 17. [sp. 234] (The Back-leaning Tellina)

History of changes

• Salmacoma Iredale, 1929 [Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 9(3): 267].

  Type species:

   Salmacoma vappa Iredale, 1929 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

North eastern Australia

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [102, pl. 49]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N623, fig. E110, no. 2]

History of changes

• Salmacoma vappa Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [267, pl. 30, figs 7-8].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.57815 dry, Innisfail (mouth), Queensland, Australia [17°30'28.8"S, 146°3'50.4"E].

Generic Combinations

• Macoma (Salmacoma) vappa (Iredale, 1929). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [102, pl. 49, fig. 364]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, sand.

General References

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [102, pl. 49, fig. 364]

Sartori, A.F. 2013. Macoma vappa (Iredale, 1929). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723982 (Accessed on 2015-03-23)

History of changes

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Hawaiian Islands

General References

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [102]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N624, fig. E110, no. 1]

History of changes