BeRMS taxon details
Mactra Linnaeus, 1767
138158 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138158)
accepted
Genus
Cardium stultorum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
Trigonella da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Mactra alba W. Wood, 1802 accepted as Abra alba (W. Wood, 1802) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mactra elliptica T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Spisula elliptica (T. Brown, 1827)
- Species Mactra tenuis Montagu, 1803 accepted as Abra tenuis (Montagu, 1803)
- Species Mactra triangularis Montagu, 1803 accepted as Goodallia triangularis (Montagu, 1803)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Mactra Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138158 on 2025-04-07
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Mactra Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138158 on 2025-04-07
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original description
Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
original description (of Trigonella da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 196. [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Kondo, Y.; Yokogawa, K.; Shiratsuchi, T. (2001). Substrate Preferences and Burrowing Ability of Donacidae and Mesodesmatidae (Bivalvia) on Beaches of Southwest Japan. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 60 (1-2): 57-69. [details] Available for editors
additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
original description (of Trigonella da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 196. [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Kondo, Y.; Yokogawa, K.; Shiratsuchi, T. (2001). Substrate Preferences and Burrowing Ability of Donacidae and Mesodesmatidae (Bivalvia) on Beaches of Southwest Japan. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 60 (1-2): 57-69. [details] Available for editors
additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present 
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | fenugreeks [from synonym] | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | hornkløverslekta [from synonym] | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | hornkløverslekta [from synonym] | [details] |
| Swedish | trigonellor [from synonym] | [details] |
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mactra)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trigonella) (from synonym Trigonella da Costa, 1778)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trigonella) (from synonym Trigonella da Costa, 1778)
To Genbank
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
