WoRMS

Scheldt species name details

Limecola balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

880017 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:880017)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Limecola T. Brown, 1844 accepted as Macoma Leach, 1819

Original name

Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 677 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Limecola balthica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: VLIZ Consortium Scheldt Species Register at: https://scheldemonitor.org/speciesregister/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=880017 on 2025-07-12

Regional species database citation

VLIZ Consortium. Scheldt Species Register. Limecola balthica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://scheldemonitor.nl/speciesregister/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=880017 on 2025-07-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-06-12 07:47:41Z

created

Sartori, André F.

2021-12-07 08:18:49Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 677 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Huber, M.; Langleit, A.; Kreipl, K. (2015). Tellinidae. Pp. 167-297 In: M. Huber, Compendium of bivalves 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp. [details]