Long term trends in the macrobenthos of the Belgian Continental Shelf
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Macrobel taxon detailsMacoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)
141579 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141579)
accepted
Species
Limecola balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
marine,
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 677 [details] Available for editors 
Description A rather thick, broadly oval shell up to 30 mm long. The top of the shell is somewhere in the middle
of the shell. The...
Description A rather thick, broadly oval shell up to 30 mm long. The top of the shell is somewhere in the middle of the shell. The back is slightly acuminate. The shell surface is smooth with very fine concentric growth lines. Its colour varies: white, yellow, orange to reddish. They burrow shallowly in fine, muddy sand bottoms and feed on food particles located on top of the sediment that they manage to suck up by means of their very long, individually separated stretchable siphons. [details] Distribution Macoma balthica typically occurs in the coastal zone of the Belgian part of the North Sea. In the 1976-1986 period only low...
Distribution Macoma balthica typically occurs in the coastal zone of the Belgian part of the North Sea. In the 1976-1986 period only low densities were observed (up to 10 ind./m2) whereas densities up to 170 ind./m2 were found in the 1994-2001 period. In this period the highest densities seemed to occur near the eastern coastal zone. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Long term trends in the macrobenthos of the Belgian Continental Shelf (Macrobel) at: http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/macrobel/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141579 on 2024-04-19
Long term trends in the macrobenthos of the Belgian Continental Shelf (Macrobel). Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/macrobel/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141579 on 2024-04-19
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original description
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 677 [details] Available for editors context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source Bachelet G. (1980). Growth and recruitment of the tellinid bivalve <i>Macoma balthica</i> at the southern limit of its geographical distribution, the Gironde estuary (SW France). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 59(2): 105–117. [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description A rather thick, broadly oval shell up to 30 mm long. The top of the shell is somewhere in the middleof the shell. The back is slightly acuminate. The shell surface is smooth with very fine concentric growth lines. Its colour varies: white, yellow, orange to reddish. They burrow shallowly in fine, muddy sand bottoms and feed on food particles located on top of the sediment that they manage to suck up by means of their very long, individually separated stretchable siphons. [details] Distribution Macoma balthica typically occurs in the coastal zone of the Belgian part of the North Sea. In the 1976-1986 period only low densities were observed (up to 10 ind./m2) whereas densities up to 170 ind./m2 were found in the 1994-2001 period. In this period the highest densities seemed to occur near the eastern coastal zone. [details] Habitat Macoma balthica tends to prefer very fine sediments (median grain size < 200 μm) with high mud contents (> 20%). The maximum relative occurrence (80%!) is reached in sediments with a median grain size of 0-50 μm and a mud content of 50-60%. [details] Spelling often spelled M. baltica [details]
BIOTIC
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (135 barcodes) (from synonym Limecola balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)) To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (176 publications) To Dyntaxa To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Limecola balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)) To GenBank (232 nucleotides; 307 proteins) To GenBank (232 nucleotides; 307 proteins) (from synonym Limecola balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS |
