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Macoma balthica Baltic macoma, Baltic Tellin

Macoma balthicais commonly referred to as Baltic macoma, Baltic Tellin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
3318 
AphiaID:
141579 
Scientific:
Macoma balthica 
German:
Baltische Plattmuschel, Rote Bohne 
English:
Baltic Macoma, Baltic Tellin 
Category:
Sea Shells 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Cardiida (Order) > Tellinidae (Family) > Macoma (Genus) > balthica (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Belgium, Canada , Danmark, East cost of USA, East-Atlantic Ocean, Estonia, European Coasts, Finland, France, Germany, Greenland, Gulf of Alaska (Pacific), Iceland, Japan, Netherlands, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Spitsbergen /Svalbard, Sweden, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Sea depth:
0 - 270 Meter 
Size:
0.39" - 1.18" (1cm - 3,8cm) 
Temperature:
41.54 °F - 57.56 °F (5.3°C - 14.2°C) 
Food:
Algae, Bacteria (Bacterioplankton), Detritus 
Difficulty:
Cold water animal 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Macoma brota
  • Macoma calcarea
  • Macoma cancellata
  • Macoma carlottensis
  • Macoma cerina
  • Macoma crassula
  • Macoma crawfordi
  • Macoma cuneipyga
  • Macoma elimata
  • Macoma golikovi
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-12-27 00:41:49 

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Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Macoma balthica is very common and sometimes occurs in masses. It can grow up to 3 cm in size. The flat and smooth shells are variable in color. They occur in white, pinkish, brownish, yellowish and even blue-black. The shells can be unicolored, but also multicolored and with concentric rings. The inside of the shells is usually red, to which the name "red bean" refers.

Macoma balthica lives in sandy soils and buried in silt. It breathes and feeds through its siphons. Often the siphons are eaten off by animals, but grow back after some time.

The clam can reach an age of about 7 years and has been found to depths of about 190 meters. Its range extends over the North and Baltic Seas to the Atlantic Ocean.

Synonymised names
Limecola balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Limecola solidula T. Brown, 1844 · unaccepted
Loripes roseus Krynicki, 1837 · unaccepted
Macoma inconspicua (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Tellina balthica var. attenuata Jeffreys, 1864 · unaccepted (junior homonym of Tellina...)
Tellina balthica var. minor Jeffreys, 1864 · unaccepted
Tellina balthica var. nivea Jeffreys, 1864 · unaccepted
Tellina carnaria Linnaeus, 1758 sensu Pennant, 1777 · unaccepted (misidentification of Tellina...)
Tellina faba Spengler, 1798 · unaccepted
Tellina fabricii Hanley, 1846 · unaccepted
Tellina flavescens Spengler, 1798 · unaccepted
Tellina fragilis (O. Fabricius, 1780) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Invalid: junior homonym of...)
Tellina groenlandica Lyell, 1841 · unaccepted
Tellina inconspicua Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tellina neustriaca Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tellina rubra da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted
Tellina solidula Pulteney, 1799 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tellina solidula normalis Middendorff, 1851 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tellina zonata Gmelin, 1791, sensu Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted (misapplication)
Venus fragilis O. Fabricius, 1780 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Scientific paper

  1. Environmental context and trophic trait plasticity in a key species, the tellinid clam Macoma balthica L., Törnroos, A.; Nordström, M.C.; Aarnio, K.; Bonsdorff, E. , 2015
  2. The Effect of CO 2 -Induced Seawater Acidification on the Behaviour and Metabolic Rate of the Baltic Clam Macoma balthica, Jakubowska, Magdalena; Normant-Saremba, Monika , 2015
  3. Growth and survival in a changing environment: Combined effects of moderate hypoxia and low pH on juvenile bivalve Macoma balthica, Jansson, Anna; Norkko, Joanna; Dupont, Sam; Norkko, Alf , 2015
  4. Synthesis and characterization of iron-doped/substituted calcium hydroxyapatite from seashells Macoma balthica (L.), Trinkunaite-Felsen, Juste; Prichodko, Aleksandra; Semasko, Miroslav; Skaudzius, Ramunas; Beganskiene, Aldona; Kareiva, Aivaras , 2015
  5. Mitochondrial genomes of the Baltic clamMacoma balthica(Bivalvia: Tellinidae): setting the stage for studying mito-nuclear incompatibilities, Saunier, Alice; Garcia, Pascale; Becquet, Vanessa; Marsaud, Nathalie; Escudié, Frédéric; Pante, Eric , 2014
  6. Effects, Uptake, and Depuration Kinetics of Silver Oxide and Copper Oxide Nanoparticles in a Marine Deposit Feeder, Macoma balthica, Dai, Lina; Syberg, Kristian; Banta, Gary T.; Selck, Henriette; Forbes, Valery E. , 2013
  7. Genetic architecture in a marine hybrid zone: comparing outlier detection and genomic clines analysis in the bivalve Macoma balthica, P. C. LUTTIKHUIZEN; J. DRENT; K. T. C. A. PEIJNENBURG; H. W. Van Der VEER; K. JOHANNESSON, 2012
  8. Growth and production of the bivalveMacoma balthica(Linnaeus, 1758) (Cardiida: Tellinidae) in the southeastern part of the Baltic Sea, A. A. Gusev; E. M. Jurgens-Markina, 2012
  9. Dynamics of the Baltic clamMacoma balthica(Mollusca: Bivalvia) infection with digeneans from the Gymnophallidae family in the Gulf of Gdańsk, Izabela Zgud, Leszek Rolbiecki, Maciej Wołowicz, 2012
  10. Intraspecific egg size variation and sperm limitation in the broadcast spawning bivalve Macoma balthica, P.C. Luttikhuizen; P.J.C. Honkoop; J. Drent, 2011
  11. Intraspecific diet shift of Macoma balthica during community reassembly in an estuarine intertidal flat, Francesca Rossi; Jack J. Middelburg, 2011
  12. A process-based model for erosion of Macoma balthica-affected mud beds, Bram C. van Prooijen; Francesc Montserrat; Peter M.J. Herman, 2011
  13. Gradient effects on structuring of soft-bottom benthic infauna: Macoma balthica and predation, recruitment, and food availability, Rochelle D. Seitz, 2011
  14. Bioindicative potential of shell abnormalities occurring in the clam Macoma balthica (L.) from the Baltic Sea, Katarzyna Smolarz; Katarzyna Bradtke, 2011
  15. A review of Macoma balthica (L) as a stratigraphic marker in the Pleistocene sediments of the southern North Sea Basin, P.F. Riches, 2010
  16. Heavy metals in Macoma balthica and extractable metals in sediments from the southern Baltic Sea, Edyta Hendożko; Piotr Szefer; Jan Warzocha, 2010
  17. Brown shrimp (Crangon crangon, L.) functional response to density of different sized juvenile bivalves Macoma balthica (L.), Henrike Andresen; Jaap van der Meer, 2010
  18. ВЛИЯНИЕ ФАКТОРОВ СРЕДЫ НА РАСПРЕДЕЛЕНИЕ MACOMA BALTHICA (LINNAEUS 1758) И MYTILUS EDULIS (LINNAEUS 1758) В ЮГО-ВОСТОЧНОЙ ЧАСТИ БАЛТИЙСКОГО МОРЯ, ГУСЕВ А. А., 2010
  19. Long-term toxicity of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) to the benthic clam Macoma balthica (L.) from the Baltic Sea, Katarzyna Smolarz; Agata Berger, 2009
  20. Microsatellite markers for the Baltic clam,Macoma balthica(Linné, 1758), a key species concerned by changing southern limit, in exploited littoral ecosystems, V. Becquet; I. Lanneluc; B. Simon-Bouhet; P. Garcia, 2009
  21. Salinity-related growth rates in populations of the European clam Macoma balthica and in field transplant experiments along the Baltic Sea salinity gradient, Jansen, Jeroen M.; Koutstaal, Arianne; Bonga, Sjoerd Wendelaar; Hummel, Herman , 2009
  22. Different responses of two common Arctic macrobenthic species (Macoma balthica and Monoporeia affinis) to phytoplankton and ice algae: Will climate change impacts be species specific?, Ming-Yi Sun; Lisa M. Clough; Michael L. Carroll; Jihong Dai; William G. Ambrose Jr.; Glenn R. Lopez, 2009
  23. Biomarkers of oogenesis in Macoma balthica determined by subtractive immunization, Bromage, E; Long, WC; Kaattari, S , 2008
  24. Inheritance of predominantly hidden shell colours in Macoma balthica (L.) (Bivalvia:Tellinidae), Luttikhuizen, P. C.; Drent, J. , 2008
  25. Behavioral effects of low dissolved oxygen on the bivalve Macoma balthica, W. Christopher Long; Bryce J. Brylawski; Rochelle D. Seitz, 2008
  26. Shell Deformations in the Baltic Clam Macoma balthica from Southern Baltic Sea (the Gulf of Gdansk): Hypotheses on Environmental Effects, Sokołowski, Adam; Pawlikowski, Krzysztof; Wołowicz, Maciej; Garcia, Pascale; Namieśnik, Jacek , 2008
  27. Shell Deformations in the Baltic Clam Macoma balthica from Southern Baltic Sea (The Gulf of Gdansk): Hypotheses on Environmental Effects, Adam Sokołowski, Krzysztof Pawlikowski, Maciej Wołowicz, Pascale Garcia and Jacek Namieśnik, 2008
  28. Macoma balthica in Spain, a few decades back in climate history, Jeroen M. Jansen; Annelies E. Pronker; Sjoerd Wendelaar Bonga; Herman Hummel, 2007
  29. Seasonal variability of free amino acids in two marine bivalves, Macoma balthica and Mytilus spp., in relation to environmental and physiological factors, S. Kube; A. Sokolowski; J.M. Jansen; D. Schiedek, 2007
  30. Biological uptake of polychlorinated biphenyls by Macoma balthica from sediment amended with activated carbon, Pamela B. McLeod; Martine J. van den Heuvel-Greve; Samuel N. Luoma; Richard G. Luthy, 2007
  31. Diversity and Trans-Arctic Invasion History of Mitochondrial Lineages in the North Atlantic Macoma balthica Complex (Bivalvia: Tellinidae), Raisa Nikula, Petr Strelkov and Risto Väinölä, 2007
  32. Metal sources to the Baltic clam Macoma balthica (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the southern Baltic Sea (the Gulf of Gdansk), Adam Sokolowski; Maciej Wolowicz; Herman Hummel, 2007
  33. Fitness and chemical composition of the Baltic clam Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) from sulphidic habitats in the Gulf of Gdańsk (Southern Baltic), Urszula Janas; Ewa Nowodworska; Iwona Bezdzietny, 2007
  34. Geographic and Seasonal Patterns and Limits on the Adaptive Response to Temperature of European Mytilus spp. and Macoma balthica Populations, Jeroen M. Jansen, Annelies E. Pronker, Sandra Kube, Adam Sokolowski, J. Carlos Sola, Mikel A. Marquiegui, Doris Schiedek, Sjoerd Wendelaar Bonga, Maciej Wolowicz and Herman Hummel, 2007
  35. Habitat related growth and reproductive investment in estuarine waters, illustrated for the tellinid bivalveMacoma balthica(L.) in the western Dutch Wadden Sea, Joana F. M. F. Cardoso; Johannes IJ. Witte; Henk W. van der Veer, 2007
  36. Chemically induced predator avoidance behaviour in the burrowing bivalve Macoma balthica, C.L. Griffiths; C.A. Richardson, 2006
  37. Ultrastructural study of neoplastic cells in Macoma balthica (Bivalvia) from the Gulf of Gdansk (Poland), Katarzyna Smolarz; Tristan Renault; Maciej Wołowicz, 2006
  38. Patterns of organic osmolytes in two marine bivalves,Macoma balthica, andMytilusspp., along their European distribution, Sandra Kube; Anke Gerber; Jeroen M. Jansen; Doris Schiedek, 2006
  39. The functional group approach to bioturbation: II. The effects of the Macoma balthica community on fluxes of nutrients and dissolved organic carbon across the sediment–water interface, Emma Michaud; Gaston Desrosiers; Florian Mermillod-Blondin; Bjorn Sundby; Georges Stora, 2006
  40. Seasonal variability in biomarkers in the bivalves Mytilus edulis and Macoma balthica from the northern Baltic Sea, Sari Leiniö; Kari K. Lehtonen, 2005
  41. Histology, cytogenetics and cytofluorymetry in diagnosis of neo-plasia in Macoma balthica (Bivalvia, L.) from the southern Baltic Sea, Katarzyna, Smolarz; Renault, Tristan; Wołowicz, Maciej , 2005
  42. The functional group approach to bioturbation: The effects of biodiffusers and gallery-diffusers of the Macoma balthica community on sediment oxygen uptake, Emma Michaud; Gaston Desrosiers; Florian Mermillod-Blondin; Bjorn Sundby; Georges Stora, 2005
  43. Interspecific and Intraspecific Variation of δ13C and δ15N in Deposit- and Suspension-Feeding Bivalves (Macoma balthica and Cerastoderma edule): Evidence of Ontogenetic Changes in Feeding Mode of Macoma balthica, F. Rossi, P. M. J. Herman and J. J. Middelburg, 2004
  44. Sub-lethal effects of metal exposure: physiological and behavioural responses of the estuarine bivalve Macoma balthica, Sabine Duquesne; Matthias Liess; David J. Bird, 2004
  45. Abnormal features of Macoma balthica (Bivalvia) in the Baltic Sea: alerting symptoms of environmental adversity?, Adam Sokołowski; Maciej Wołowicz; Herman Hummel; Katarzyna Smolarz-Górska; Denis Fichet; Gilles Radenac; Catherine Thiriot-Quiévreux; Jacek Namieśnik, 2004
  46. Large spatial variability in lifetime egg production in an intertidal Baltic tellin (Macoma balthica) population, Jaap van der Meer; Jan J. Beukema; Rob Dekker, 2003
  47. Climate-Related Changes in Recruitment of the Bivalve Macoma balthica, Catharina J. M. Philippart, Hendrik M. van Aken, Jan J. Beukema, Oscar G. Bos, Gerhard C. Cadée and Rob Dekker, 2003
  48. Can postlarval bivalves select sediment type during settlement? A field test with Macoma balthica (L.) and Cerastoderma edule (L.), Mark Huxham; Michael Richards, 2003
  49. Free amino acids in the clam Macoma balthica L. (Bivalvia, Mollusca) from brackish waters of the southern Baltic Sea, Adam Sokolowski; Maciej Wolowicz; Herman Hummel, 2003
  50. Effects of Exposure to Copper and Malathion on Metallothionein Levels and Acetylcholinesterase Activity of the Mussel Mytilus edulis and the Clam Macoma balthica from the Northern Baltic Sea, K. K. Lehtonen; S. Leiniö, 2003

External links

  1. nature22.com (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Schutzstation Wattenmeer (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 26.12.2022.
  4. Uni Düsseldorf (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  6. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  7. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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