Maryland Biodiversity Project - Atlantic Macoma (Macoma petalum)

Atlantic Macoma Macoma petalum (Valenciennes in Humboldt & Bonpland, 1821)

Synonyms: Baltic Clam, Baltic Macoma, Limecola balthica, Limecola petalum.

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Order Veneroida > Family Tellinidea > Genus Macoma Atlantic Macoma - Macoma petalum - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/9102

Status:

Recently split from sister species from the eastern Atlantic, Baltic Macoma (L. balthica).

Records:

There are 34 records in the project database.

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Atlantic Macoma in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) sercfisheries, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 324026 - Psn: 20)

Atlantic Macoma in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) sercfisheries, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)

Atlantic Macoma in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/28/2013). (Photo ID: 11913 - Psn: 30)

Atlantic Macoma in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/28/2013). Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)

Atlantic Macoma in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/5/2021). (c) sercfisheries, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 356961 - Psn: 35)

Atlantic Macoma in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/5/2021). (c) sercfisheries, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)

Atlantic Macoma in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/29/2021). (c) trinectes, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 506400 - Psn: 52)

Atlantic Macoma in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/8/2022). (c) trinectes, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 550755 - Psn: 52)

Atlantic Macoma in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (3/21/2017). (c) eaglebeach, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 168332 - Psn: 55)

Atlantic Macoma in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (3/21/2017). (c) eaglebeach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Lynn Strauss. (MBP list)

Atlantic Macoma in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (3/3/2020). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 320096 - Psn: 55)

Atlantic Macoma in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (3/3/2020). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Matthew Beziat. (MBP list)

Atlantic Macoma in Dorchester Co., Maryland (2/26/2021). (c) Sean Sipple, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 346864 - Psn: 55)

Atlantic Macoma in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (3/2/2022). (c) eaglebeach, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 531223 - Psn: 65)

Atlantic Macoma in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (3/2/2022). (c) eaglebeach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Lynn Strauss. (MBP list)

Atlantic Macoma in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (3/3/2021). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 346623 - Psn: 78)

Atlantic Macoma in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (3/3/2021). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Matthew Beziat. (MBP list)

Atlantic Macoma in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (11/30/2019). (c) fm5050, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 168339 - Psn: 155)

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