Macoma balthica

Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Baltic macoma

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Family:	Tellinidae (tellins)
Max. size:	3.8 cm SHL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 10 years
Environment:	benthic; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 270 m
Distribution:	Arctic, Northern Atlantic, Northeast Pacific and the Mediterranean Sea.
Diagnosis:
Biology:	Maximum depth from Ref. 117961. Occurs from the upper part of the intertidal down to the shallow subtidal zone (Ref. 76547). Circumboreal and panarctic. Buries shallow to 20 cm under muddy-sandy substrate, commonly in bays and estuaries (Refs. 95344, 95753). In the northern Baltic Sea, known to thrive in eutrophic conditions (Ref. 95752). It is infaunal on sand and eelgrass beds and epifaunal on eelgrass beds (Ref. 95819). Deposit and suspension feeder (Refs. 76547, 96470). Surface deposit feeder (Ref. 66387). Feeds from the surface of the sediment using their long siphons (Ref. 7882), and is a subsurface detritivore (Refs. 95728, 96470).
IUCN Red List Status:	Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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