New and rare bivalve species for the fauna of the Kuril Islands (northwestern Pacific Ocean): A study of materials collected over 70 years of expeditions (from 1949 to 2019) Author Lisitsyna, Kseniya N. 0000-0001-6408-6796 A. V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Palchevskogo Street, 17, Vladivostok 690041, Russia. lisitsina_ksenia_1997@mail.ru Author Kamenev, Gennady M. 0000-0002-9754-3436 A. V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Palchevskogo Street, 17, Vladivostok 690041, Russia. gennady.kamenev@mail.ru & gmkamenev@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2024 2024-10-15 5523 2 231 253 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5523.2.6 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5523.2.6 1175-5326 13934243 CCD8C83F-4132-43C2-90E1-462FEB07ED34 Macoma torelli (A. S. Jensen, 1905 ) ( Fig. 4 A, B ) Tellina (Macoma) torelli A. S. Jensen, 1905: 343–345 . Macoma torelli ( Jensen, 1905 ) — Coan, Valentich-Scott & Bernard 2000: 413 , pl. 86. Material examined : two specimens from the ocean slope of Kunashir and Paramushir Islands ( 74–220 m ). Distribution : Sea of Japan ; Sea of Okhotsk; Kuril Islands; northern Bering Sea; Alaska; Beaufort Sea to Point Barrow; Arctic Ocean ( 12–237 m ) ( Scarlato 1981 ; Coan, Valentich-Scott & Bernard 2000 ; Kedra et al. 2010 ). Remarks: This is a new record from the region of the Kuril Islands. We assume that this species is distributed throughout the Kuril Islands.