NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Tellinidae
  Superfamily - Tellinoidea
  Order - Veneroida
  Subclass - Heterodonta
  Class - Bivalvia
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Macoma calcarea
      Species - Macoma elimata
      Species - Macoma brota
      Species - Macoma lipara
      Species - Macoma middendorffi
      Species - Macoma obliqua
      Species - Macoma moesta
      Species - Macoma crassula
      Species - Macoma loveni
      Species - Macoma lama
      Species - Macoma yoldiformis
      Species - Macoma carlottensis
      Species - Macoma expansa
      Species - Macoma nasuta
      Species - Macoma inquinata
      Species - Macoma baltica
      Species - Macoma secta
      Species - Macoma mitchelli
      Species - Macoma tenta
      Species - Macoma constricta
      Species - Macoma tageliformis
      Species - Macoma pulleyi
      Species - Macoma inconspicua
      Species - Macoma brevifrons
      Species - Macoma cerina
      Species - Macoma extenuata
      Species - Macoma phenax
      Species - Macoma pseudomera
      Species - Macoma subrosea
      Species - Macoma torelli
      Species - Macoma inflata
      Species - Macoma limula
      Species - Macoma acolasta
      Species - Macoma leptonoidea
      Species - Macoma irus
      Species - Macoma indentata
      Species - Macoma dexioptera
      Species - Macoma balthica