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Limecola balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)

880017 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:880017)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Bivalvia
  5. Autobranchia
  6. Heteroconchia
  7. Euheterodonta
  8. Imparidentia
  9. Cardiida
  10. Tellinoidea
  11. Tellinidae
  12. Macominae
  13. Limecola
  14. Limecola balthica
 unaccepted
Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species
Limecola T. Brown, 1844 accepted as Macoma Leach, 1819
Tellina carnaria Linnaeus, 1758 sensu Pennant, 1777 · unaccepted (misidentification of Tellina...)  
misidentification of Tellina carnaria Linnaeus, 1758
Tellina inconspicua Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tellina neustriaca Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 677 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limecola balthica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=880017 on 2026-08-08
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Limecola balthica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=880017 on 2026-08-08
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2016-06-12 07:47:41Z
created
Sartori, André F.
2021-12-07 08:18:49Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

original description (of Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 677 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Huber, M.; Langleit, A.; Kreipl, K. (2015). Tellinidae. Pp. 167-297, 564-746. In: M. Huber, <i>Compendium of bivalves</i> 2 A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp. [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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To Barcode of Life (135 barcodes) 
To GenBank (858 nucleotides; 933 proteins) 
To PESI (from synonym Tellina carnaria Linnaeus, 1758 sensu Pennant, 1777)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina rubra da Costa, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina inconspicua Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina neustriaca Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina solidula f. normalis Middendorff, 1851)
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