Chalky Macoma

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(Gmelin, 1791)

Macoma calcarea

Chalky Macoma

Phylum:

Mollusca

Taxonomy

Class:

Bivalvia

Order:

Cardiida

Family:

Tellinidae

ANSP 481581

Shell Information

Length (mm): 51

Chirality:

N/A

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Greenland to New York

Depth (m):

2 to 46 meters

Diet:

Suspension feeder

Habitat:

Moderately shallow water

Works Cited

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Macoma calcarea (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141580 on 2021-07-20
Morris, P. A. (1987). A field guide to shells: Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the West Indies (3rd ed.). Houghton Mifflin.
Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.1)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/