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Macoma calcarea (Gmelin, 1791) Chalky macoma  | 
 
		
			 
		
	
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	photo by 
	Miller, Todd | 
| Family: | Tellinidae (tellins) | |||
| Max. size: | 6 cm SHL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthic; marine; depth range 0 - 360 m | |||
| Distribution: | Arctic, Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean: Polar and circumboreal. | |||
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| Biology: | Maximum depth from Ref. 117961. Main food and feeding type based on another species of the same genus; to be replaced with a better reference (Ref. 95728). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251) | |||
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