Canadian Register of Marine Species - Limecola T. Brown, 1844

CaRMS name details

Limecola T. Brown, 1844

AphiaID

715043 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:715043)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (unavailable name: introduced in synonymy)

Accepted name

Macoma Leach, 1819

Rank

Genus

Parent

Macominae Olsson, 1961

Original name

Limecola T. Brown, 1844

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Species Limecola balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

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

Original description

Brown, T. (1838-1844). Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water. Second edition, greatly enlarged. London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart; London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10921172
page(s): 101 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Limecola T. Brown, 1844. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=715043 on 2026-02-22

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Limecola T. Brown, 1844. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=715043 on 2026-02-22

Taxonomic edit history

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2013-01-09 10:55:50Z

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Sartori, André F.

2013-03-31 09:47:20Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2014-01-21 13:53:59Z

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Gofas, Serge

2016-06-12 07:47:41Z

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Sartori, André F.

2019-03-22 19:47:22Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2021-12-07 08:18:49Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Brown, T. (1838-1844). Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water. Second edition, greatly enlarged. London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart; London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10921172
page(s): 101 [details]

status source Nielsen, J.K. (2021). Macoma Leach, 1819 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Tellinidae): the unavailability of Limecola Brown, 1844, and Limicola Leach, 1852. Zootaxa. 5052(4): 579-584., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.7 [details] Available for editors