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(Say, 1838)
Macoploma tenta
Sining Macoma
Phylum:
Mollusca
Taxonomy
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Cardiida
Family:
Tellinidae

ANSP 481133
Shell Information
Length (mm): 13
Chirality:
N/A
Description:
Ecological Information
Distribution:
Nova Scotia to the Caribbean Sea
Depth (m):
73 to 73 meters
Diet:
Suspension feeder
Habitat:
Shallow water
Works Cited
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Macoploma tenta (Say, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=879984 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/
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