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Mactra Linnaeus, 1767

Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 3-4 m, 23.07.2009), actual size 48 mm. E: detail of hinge, arrow indicates chondrophore
Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 3-4 m, 23.07.2009), actual size 48 mm. E: detail of hinge, arrow indicates chondrophore

138158  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138158)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Venerida (Order)
  10. Mactroidea (Superfamily)
  11. Mactridae (Family)
  12. Mactrinae (Subfamily)
  13. Mactra (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Cardium stultorum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
Deikea Mayer-Eymar, 1872 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mactra (Eomactra) Cossmann, 1909 † · alternative representation
Mactra (Mactra) Linnaeus, 1767 · alternative representation
Mactra (Nannomactra) Iredale, 1930 · alternative representation
Telemactra Iredale, 1929 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trigonella da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Mactra abbreviata Lamarck, 1818
  2. Species Mactra achatina Holten, 1802
  3. Species Mactra aequisulcata G. B. Sowerby III, 1894
  4. Species Mactra alta Deshayes, 1855
  5. Species Mactra antiquata Spengler, 1802
  6. Species Mactra aphrodina Reeve, 1854
  7. Species Mactra artensis Montrouzier, 1859
  8. Species Mactra australis Lamarck, 1818
  9. Species Mactra chinensis R. A. Philippi, 1846
  10. Species Mactra corallina (Linnaeus, 1758)
  11. Species Mactra cordiformis Reeve, 1854
  12. Species Mactra crossei (Dunker, 1877)
  13. Species Mactra cumingii Reeve, 1854
  14. Species Mactra cuneata Gmelin, 1791
  15. Species Mactra cygnus Gmelin, 1791
  16. Species Mactra deshayesi Mayer, 1867
  17. Species Mactra dissimilis Reeve, 1854
  18. Species Mactra eburnea R. A. Philippi, 1849
  19. Species Mactra eximia Reeve, 1854
  20. Species Mactra glabrata Linnaeus, 1767
  21. Species Mactra glauca Born, 1778
  22. Species Mactra grandis Gmelin, 1791
  23. Species Mactra inaequalis Reeve, 1854
  24. Species Mactra incarnata Reeve, 1854
  25. Species Mactra incerta E. A. Smith, 1885
  26. Species Mactra iridescens Kuroda & Habe, 1958
  27. Species Mactra jacksonensis E. A. Smith, 1885
  28. Species Mactra kanakina S. M. Souverbie, 1860
  29. Species Mactra lilacea Lamarck, 1818
  30. Species Mactra luzonica Reeve, 1854
  31. Species Mactra maculata Gmelin, 1791
  32. Species Mactra mitis Reeve, 1854
  33. Species Mactra nipponica Kuroda & Habe, 1971
  34. Species Mactra olorina R. A. Philippi, 1846
  35. Species Mactra opposita Reeve, 1854
  36. Species Mactra paulucci Aradas & Benoit, 1871
  37. Species Mactra pulchella R. A. Philippi, 1846
  38. Species Mactra pura Reeve, 1854
  39. Species Mactra pusilla A. Adams, 1856
  40. Species Mactra quadrangularis Reeve, 1854
  41. Species Mactra queenslandica E. A. Smith, 1914
  42. Species Mactra rochebrunei E. Lamy, 1916
  43. Species Mactra sauliana Gray, 1838
  44. Species Mactra sericea Reeve, 1854
  45. Species Mactra sliekeri Thach, 2024
  46. Species Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  47. Species Mactra subglobosa Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829
  48. Species Mactra thaanumi Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
  49. Species Mactra turgida Gmelin, 1791
  50. Species Mactra violacea Gmelin, 1791
  51. Species Mactra westralis Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990
  52. Subgenus Mactra (Barymactra) Cossmann, 1909 accepted as Barymactra Cossmann, 1909 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  53. Subgenus Mactra (Cyclomactra) Dall, 1895 accepted as Cyclomactra Dall, 1895 (original rank)
    1. Subgenus Mactra (Harvella) J. E. Gray, 1853 accepted as Harvella J. E. Gray, 1853 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
      1. Subgenus Mactra (Hemimactra) Swainson, 1840 accepted as Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
        1. Subgenus Mactra (Heteromactra) E. Lamy, 1906 accepted as Cyamiomactra F. Bernard, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          1. Species Mactra (Heteromactra) laminifera E. Lamy, 1906 accepted as Cyamiomactra laminifera (E. Lamy, 1906) (basionym)
        2. Subgenus Mactra (Mactrotoma) Dall, 1894 accepted as Mactrotoma Dall, 1894 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
          1. Species Mactra (Mactrotoma) aspersa G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 accepted as Oxyperas aspersum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
          2. Species Mactra (Mactrotoma) capensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 accepted as Simomactra capensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)
        3. Subgenus Mactra (Mactrula) Marwick, 1948 accepted as Pseudocardium Gabb, 1866 †
          1. Subgenus Mactra (Maorimactra) H. J. Finlay, 1928 accepted as Maorimactra H. J. Finlay, 1928 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
            1. Species Mactra (Maorimactra) ordinaria E. A. Smith, 1898 accepted as Maorimactra ordinaria (E. A. Smith, 1898) (superseded combination)
          2. Subgenus Mactra (Micromactra) Dall, 1894 accepted as Mactrella J. E. Gray, 1853 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
            1. Species Mactra (Micromactra) atacama Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941 accepted as Mactrotoma angusta (Reeve, 1854)
            2. Species Mactra (Micromactra) isthmica Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 accepted as Mactrotoma isthmica (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
            3. Species Mactra (Micromactra) surinamensis van Regteren Altena, 1968 accepted as Mactrotoma surinamensis (van Regteren Altena, 1968)
            4. Species Mactra (Micromactra) vanattae Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 accepted as Mactrotoma isthmica (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          3. Subgenus Mactra (Mulinia) J. E. Gray, 1837 accepted as Mulinia J. E. Gray, 1837 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
            1. Species Mactra (Mulinia) levicardo E. A. Smith, 1881 accepted as Mulinia levicardo (E. A. Smith, 1881) (basionym)
            2. Species Mactra (Mulinia) rodatzi Dunker, 1850 accepted as Mulinia edulis (P. P. King, 1832)
          4. Subgenus Mactra (Oxyperas) Mörch, 1853 accepted as Oxyperas Mörch, 1853
            1. Species Mactra (Oxyperas) coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1884 accepted as Oxyperas coppingeri (E. A. Smith, 1884) (basionym)
          5. Subgenus Mactra (Pseudoxyperas) Sacco, 1901 accepted as Oxyperas Mörch, 1853 (junior subjective synonym)
            1. Species Mactra (Pseudoxyperas) proaspersa Sacco, 1901 accepted as Oxyperas proaspersum (Sacco, 1901)
          6. Subgenus Mactra (Simomactra) Dall, 1894 accepted as Simomactra Dall, 1894
            1. Species Mactra (Simomactra) hoffstetteri Cauquoin, 1969 accepted as Spisula adamsi Olsson, 1961
          7. Subgenus Mactra (Spisula) J. E. Gray, 1837 accepted as Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837
            1. Species Mactra (Spisula) grayana Schrenck, 1867 accepted as Mactromeris polynyma (W. Stimpson, 1860)
            2. Species Mactra (Spisula) subtruncata (da Costa, 1778) accepted as Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          8. Subgenus Mactra (Trigonella) Conrad, 1837 accepted as Tivela Link, 1807
            1. Species Mactra (Trigonella) incerta E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Mactra incerta E. A. Smith, 1885 (basionym)
            2. Species Mactra (Trigonella) jacksonensis E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Mactra jacksonensis E. A. Smith, 1885 (basionym)
            3. Species Mactra (Trigonella) laevis Dunker, 1871 accepted as Mactra lilacea Lamarck, 1818 (junior synonym)
            4. Species Mactra (Trigonella) radiata Dunker, 1871 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, not of Mendes da Costa, 1778; not of Spengler, 1802; not of Donovan, 1803)
          9. Species Mactra acutissima Cosel, 1995 accepted as Scissodesma acutissima (Cosel, 1995)
          10. Species Mactra adansoni [sic] accepted as Mactra adansonii R. A. Philippi, 1849 accepted as Mactra glabrata Linnaeus, 1767 (misspelling of specific epithet)
          11. Species Mactra adansonii R. A. Philippi, 1849 accepted as Mactra glabrata Linnaeus, 1767
          12. Species Mactra adspersa Dunker, 1849 accepted as Mactra achatina Holten, 1802
          13. Species Mactra aegyptiaca Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Meropesta nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791)
          14. Species Mactra aequilatera Reeve, 1854 accepted as Crassula aequilatera (Reeve, 1854) (superseded combination)
          15. Species Mactra aequilateralis Deshayes, 1854 accepted as Crassula aequilatera (Reeve, 1854) (junior objective synonym)
          16. Species Mactra alata Spengler, 1802 accepted as Mactrellona alata (Spengler, 1802) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          17. Species Mactra alba Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Mactra corallina (Linnaeus, 1758)
          18. Species Mactra alba W. Wood, 1802 accepted as Abra alba (W. Wood, 1802) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          19. Species Mactra albina Deshayes, 1832 accepted as Leptospisula nivea (Gmelin, 1791)
          20. Species Mactra alfredensis Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Standella ovalina (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          21. Species Mactra ambiqua Weinkauff, 1884 accepted as Mactrotoma compressa (Spengler, 1802)
          22. Species Mactra amygdala Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864 accepted as Anapella cycladea (Lamarck, 1818)
          23. Species Mactra anatina Spengler, 1802 accepted as Anatina anatina (Spengler, 1802) (original combination)
          24. Species Mactra anatinoides Reeve, 1854 accepted as Raeta pellicula (Reeve, 1854)
          25. Species Mactra andamanica (E. A. Smith, 1904) accepted as Periploma andamanicum (E. A. Smith, 1904)
          26. Species Mactra angolensis Cosel, 1995 accepted as Scissodesma angolensis (Cosel, 1995)
          27. Species Mactra angulata Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mulinia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) (unaccepted > junior homonym, not Mactra angulata J. de C. Sowerby, 1836)
          28. Species Mactra angulifera Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactrotoma angulifera (Reeve, 1854) (original combination)
          29. Species Mactra angulifera Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Mactra angulifera Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactrotoma angulifera (Reeve, 1854) (synonym and homonym)
          30. Species Mactra angusta Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactrotoma angusta (Reeve, 1854) (original combination)
          31. Species Mactra angusta Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Mactra angusta Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactrotoma angusta (Reeve, 1854) (synonym and homonym)
          32. Species Mactra anserina Guppy, 1873 accepted as Mactrotoma fragilis (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          33. Species Mactra aphrodina Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Mactra aphrodina Reeve, 1854 (synonym and homonym)
          34. Species Mactra apicina Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra luzonica Reeve, 1854
          35. Species Mactra arctata Conrad, 1831 accepted as Mesodesma arctatum (Conrad, 1831) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          36. Species Mactra aspersa G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 accepted as Oxyperas aspersa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) accepted as Oxyperas aspersum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
          37. Species Mactra atacama Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941 accepted as Mactrotoma angusta (Reeve, 1854)
          38. Species Mactra attenuata Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra cygnus Gmelin, 1791
          39. Species Mactra attenuata Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Mactra attenuata Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra cygnus Gmelin, 1791 (synonym and homonym)
          40. Species Mactra bilineata Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactrotoma fragilis (Gmelin, 1791)
          41. Species Mactra bilineata Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Mactra bilineata Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactrotoma fragilis (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym and homonym)
          42. Species Mactra bistrigata Mörch, 1860 accepted as Mulinia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
          43. Species Mactra bonneauii Bernardi, 1858 accepted as Mactra quadrangularis Reeve, 1854
          44. Species Mactra bourguignati Locard, 1890 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
          45. Species Mactra boysii Montagu, 1803 accepted as Abra alba (W. Wood, 1802)
          46. Species Mactra brasiliana Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Mactrotoma fragilis (Gmelin, 1791)
          47. Species Mactra calbucana R. A. Philippi, 1893 accepted as Mulinia exalbida J. E. Gray, 1837
          48. Species Mactra californica Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactrotoma nasuta (A. Gould, 1851)
          49. Species Mactra californica Conrad, 1837 accepted as Mactrella californica (Conrad, 1837) accepted as Mactrotoma californica (Conrad, 1837) (original combination)
          50. Species Mactra californica Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Mactra californica Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactrotoma nasuta (A. Gould, 1851) (synonym and homonym)
          51. Species Mactra campechensis J. E. Gray, 1825 accepted as Raeta plicatella (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          52. Species Mactra candida Nardo, 1847 accepted as Mactra corallina (Linnaeus, 1758)
          53. Species Mactra capensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 accepted as Simomactra capensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)
          54. Species Mactra capillacea Reeve, 1854 accepted as Meropesta capillacea (Reeve, 1854)
          55. Species Mactra capillacea Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Mactra capillacea Reeve, 1854 accepted as Meropesta capillacea (Reeve, 1854) (synonym and homonym)
          56. Species Mactra carinata Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Mactrellona alata (Spengler, 1802)
          57. Species Mactra carinulata Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mulinia cleryana (A. d'Orbigny, 1846)
          58. Species Mactra carinulata Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Mactra carinulata Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mulinia cleryana (A. d'Orbigny, 1846) (synonym and homonym)
          59. Species Mactra carneopicta Pilsbry, 1904 accepted as Mactra chinensis R. A. Philippi, 1846
          60. Species Mactra castanea Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
          61. Species Mactra catilliformis (Conrad, 1867) accepted as Mactromeris catilliformis (Conrad, 1867) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          62. Species Mactra chemnitzii Gray, 1837 accepted as Mactra antiquata Spengler, 1802
          63. Species Mactra cibaria R. A. Philippi, 1893 accepted as Mulinia exalbida J. E. Gray, 1837
          64. Species Mactra cinerea Montagu, 1808 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
          65. Species Mactra cleryana A. d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Mulinia cleryana (A. d'Orbigny, 1846) (original combination)
          66. Species Mactra cojimbensis Anton, 1837 accepted as Mulinia edulis (P. P. King, 1832)
          67. Species Mactra coloradoensis Dall, 1894 accepted as Mulinia modesta (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          68. Species Mactra complanata Reeve, 1854 accepted as Simomactra chionia (Tomlin, 1921) (unaccepted > junior homonym, Junior homonym of Mactra complanata Gmelin, 1791. Mactrinula chionia Tomlin, 1921 is a replacement name)
          69. Species Mactra complanata Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Lutraria complanata (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          70. Species Mactra complanata Deshayes, 1854 accepted as Mactra complanata Reeve, 1854 accepted as Simomactra chionia (Tomlin, 1921) (junior synonym and homonym)
          71. Species Mactra compressa Spengler, 1802 accepted as Mactrotoma compressa (Spengler, 1802)
          72. Species Mactra compressa Pulteney, 1799 accepted as Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)
          73. Species Mactra concentrica Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827 accepted as Mactrellona alata (Spengler, 1802)
          74. Species Mactra contraria Reeve, 1854 accepted as Austromactra contraria (Reeve, 1854)
          75. Species Mactra contraria Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Mactra contraria Reeve, 1854 accepted as Austromactra contraria (Reeve, 1854) (synonym and homonym)
          76. Species Mactra coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1884 accepted as Oxyperas coppingeri (E. A. Smith, 1884) (original combination)
          77. Species Mactra coquimba R. A. Philippi, 1887 accepted as Spisula petitii (A. d'Orbigny, 1841)
          78. Species Mactra coquimbana R. A. Philippi, 1893 accepted as Mulinia edulis (P. P. King, 1832)
          79. Species Mactra corbiculoides Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra cygnus Gmelin, 1791
          80. Species Mactra corbiculoides Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Mactra corbiculoides Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra cygnus Gmelin, 1791 (synonym and homonym)
          81. Species Mactra corbuloides Reeve, 1854 accepted as Spisula trigonella (Lamarck, 1818)
          82. Species Mactra corbuloides Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Mactra corbuloides Reeve, 1854 accepted as Spisula trigonella (Lamarck, 1818)
          83. Species Mactra cornea Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra antiquata Spengler, 1802
          84. Species Mactra cornea Poli, 1791 accepted as Donacilla cornea (Poli, 1791) (original combination)
          85. Species Mactra crassatella Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
          86. Species Mactra crista Jousseaume, 1894 accepted as Standella ovalina (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          87. Species Mactra cumingiana Petit de la Saussaye, 1853 accepted as Barymactra rostrata (Spengler, 1802)
          88. Species Mactra cuneola A. Gould, 1850 accepted as Mulinia edulis (P. P. King, 1832)
          89. Species Mactra cuvieri Deshayes, 1854 accepted as Mactra cumingii Reeve, 1854
          90. Species Mactra cygnea Spengler, 1802 accepted as Mactra cygnus Gmelin, 1791
          91. Species Mactra cygnea R. A. Philippi, 1844 accepted as Mactra olorina R. A. Philippi, 1846 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Mactra cygnea Lamarck, 1799 and Mactra cygnea Spengler, 1802)
          92. Species Mactra cyprinus W. Wood, 1828 accepted as Anatina cyprinus (W. Wood, 1828) (original combination)
          93. Species Mactra dealbata Pulteney, 1799 accepted as Mactrotoma dealbata (Pulteney, 1799) accepted as Mactrotoma fragilis (Gmelin, 1791) (original combination)
          94. Species Mactra deaurata W. Turton, 1822 accepted as Mesodesma deauratum (W. Turton, 1822) (original combination)
          95. Species Mactra debilis A. Gould, 1850 accepted as Standella pellucida (Gmelin, 1791)
          96. Species Mactra decora Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra lilacea Lamarck, 1818 (junior synonym)
          97. Species Mactra delicatula Preston, 1904 accepted as Mactra cuneata Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          98. Species Mactra deltoides Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
          99. Species Mactra deluta A. Gould, 1850 accepted as Cyclomactra ovata (J. E. Gray, 1843) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          100. Species Mactra depressa Spengler, 1802 accepted as Mactrotoma depressa (Spengler, 1802)
          101. Species Mactra depressa Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Standella pellucida (Gmelin, 1791)
          102. Species Mactra deshayesii Conrad, 1868 accepted as Mactrotoma nasuta (A. Gould, 1851)
          103. Species Mactra diolensis Bouchet & Nicklès, 1976 accepted as Mactrotoma compressa (Spengler, 1802)
          104. Species Mactra discors J. E. Gray, 1837 accepted as Spisula discors (J. E. Gray, 1837) (superseded combination)
          105. Species Mactra dissimilis Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted, synonym and homonym)
          106. Species Mactra dolabrata Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
          107. Species Mactra dolabrata Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted, synonym and homonym)
          108. Species Mactra dolabriformis (Conrad, 1867) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          109. Species Mactra donacia Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted)
          110. Species Mactra dunkeri Yokoyama, 1922 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          111. Species Mactra dysoni Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
          112. Species Mactra edulis P. P. King, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
          113. Species Mactra egena Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
          114. Species Mactra elegans G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 (unaccepted, original combination)
          115. Species Mactra elliptica T. Brown, 1827 (unaccepted)
          116. Species Mactra elongata Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 (unaccepted, superseded combination)
          117. Species Mactra epidermia R. A. Philippi, 1893 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Mactra epidermia Deshayes in Reeve, 1854)
          118. Species Mactra epidermia Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
          119. Species Mactra estrellana Olsson, 1922 (unaccepted)
          120. Species Mactra euxinica Krynicki, 1837 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
          121. Species Mactra exoleta J. E. Gray, 1837 (unaccepted, original combination)
          122. Species Mactra explanata Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted, synonym and homonym)
          123. Species Mactra explanata Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted, superseded combination)
          124. Species Mactra falcata A. Gould, 1850 (unaccepted, original combination)
          125. Species Mactra fasciata Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted)
          126. Species Mactra fauroti Jousseaume, 1888 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
          127. Species Mactra fluviatilis Angas, 1871 (unaccepted)
          128. Species Mactra fonsecana Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1950 (unaccepted)
          129. Species Mactra fragilis Chemnitz, 1782 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published in a work rejected by ICZN, 1944, Opinion 184)
          130. Species Mactra fragilis Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          131. Species Mactra fuegiensis E. A. Smith, 1905 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          132. Species Mactra fujinensis Yokoyama, 1923 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          133. Species Mactra gabbi Tryon, 1870 (unaccepted)
          134. Species Mactra gallina Spengler, 1802 (unaccepted)
          135. Species Mactra gibbosula Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
          136. Species Mactra gigantea Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          137. Species Mactra glabrata Linnaeus, 1767 sensu Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted > misapplication)
          138. Species Mactra goniata Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted)
          139. Species Mactra goniocyma Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          140. Species Mactra gracilis Locard, 1891 (unaccepted)
          141. Species Mactra grandis Deshayes, 1832 (unaccepted)
          142. Species Mactra grayana Schrenck, 1867 (unaccepted)
          143. Species Mactra guadelupensis Récluz, 1852 (unaccepted)
          144. Species Mactra guidoi Signorelli & F. Scarabino, 2010 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          145. Species Mactra helvacea Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted)
          146. Species Mactra hemphillii Dall, 1894 (unaccepted, original combination)
          147. Species Mactra hepatica Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
          148. Species Mactra hepatica Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted, synonym and homonym)
          149. Species Mactra hians R. A. Philippi, 1846 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Mactra hians Pulteney, 1799)
          150. Species Mactra hians Pulteney, 1799 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          151. Species Mactra hiantina Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted)
          152. Species Mactra hoffstetteri Cauquoin, 1969 (unaccepted)
          153. Species Mactra iheringi (Dall, 1897) (unaccepted)
          154. Species Mactra inaequalis Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted, synonym and homonym)
          155. Species Mactra inceri Petuch, 1998 (unaccepted)
          156. Species Mactra incongrua Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
          157. Species Mactra incongrua Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted, synonym and homonym)
          158. Species Mactra inconstans Cosel, 1995 (unaccepted)
          159. Species Mactra inflata Bronn, 1831 (unaccepted)
          160. Species Mactra intermedia Aradas, 1847 (unaccepted, dubious synonym)
          161. Species Mactra intuspicta Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted)
          162. Species Mactra isabelleana A. d'Orbigny, 1841 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          163. Species Mactra isthmia Jousseaume, 1888 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          164. Species Mactra isthmica Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          165. Species Mactra janeiroensis E. A. Smith, 1915 (unaccepted, original combination)
          166. Species Mactra jickelii Weinkauff, 1881 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
          167. Species Mactra jonasi R. A. Philippi, 1893 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          168. Species Mactra jousseaumi Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889 (unaccepted)
          169. Species Mactra kraussi W. H. Turton, 1932 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          170. Species Mactra lacinata P. P. Carpenter, 1856 (unaccepted)
          171. Species Mactra lactea Poli, 1791 (unaccepted)
          172. Species Mactra lactea (Poli, 1795) sensu Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted, misapplication)
          173. Species Mactra lactea Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
          174. Species Mactra laevigata Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted)
          175. Species Mactra laevis Dunker, 1871 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
          176. Species Mactra laevis Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          177. Species Mactra lamarckii R. A. Philippi, 1846 (unaccepted)
          178. Species Mactra laminifera E. Lamy, 1906 (unaccepted, original combination)
          179. Species Mactra largillierti R. A. Philippi, 1849 (unaccepted)
          180. Species Mactra lateralis Say, 1822 (unaccepted)
          181. Species Mactra lentiginosa A. Gould, 1852 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          182. Species Mactra levicardo E. A. Smith, 1881 (unaccepted, original combination)
          183. Species Mactra lisor Anton, 1838 (unaccepted)
          184. Species Mactra listeri Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
          185. Species Mactra loebbeckeana Weinkauff, 1881 (unaccepted)
          186. Species Mactra lotensis R. A. Philippi, 1893 (unaccepted)
          187. Species Mactra luedorfii Dunker, 1864 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          188. Species Mactra lurida R. A. Philippi, 1850 (unaccepted)
          189. Species Mactra luteola Lovén, 1846 (unaccepted)
          190. Species Mactra luzonica Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted, synonym and homonym)
          191. Species Mactra maculosa Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted)
          192. Species Mactra magellanica R. A. Philippi, 1893 (unaccepted)
          193. Species Mactra makiyamai Yokoyama, 1928 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          194. Species Mactra marcida A. Gould, 1850 (unaccepted)
          195. Species Mactra mariae A. Adams, 1856 (unaccepted, junior subjective synonym)
          196. Species Mactra marplatensis Doello-Jurado, 1949 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          197. Species Mactra matthewsi Tate, 1889 (unaccepted)
          198. Species Mactra mendica A. Gould, 1851 (unaccepted, original combination)
          199. Species Mactra mera Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
          200. Species Mactra meretriciformis Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
          201. Species Mactra micronitida Cosel, 1995 (unaccepted)
          202. Species Mactra minutissima Montagu, 1808 (unaccepted)
          203. Species Mactra modesta P. P. Carpenter, 1864 (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
          204. Species Mactra murchisoni Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted, superseded combination)
          205. Species Mactra murchisoni Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted, synonym and homonym)
          206. Species Mactra nasuta A. Gould, 1851 (unaccepted, original combination)
          207. Species Mactra neapolitana Poli, 1791 (unaccepted)
          208. Species Mactra nebulosa Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827 (unaccepted)
          209. Species Mactra nicobarica Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
          210. Species Mactra nitida Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
          211. Species Mactra nitida Spengler, 1802 (unaccepted, not an available name; available from Gmelin, 1791)
          212. Species Mactra nuttallii Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
          213. Species Mactra obesa Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
          214. Species Mactra oblonga Say, 1822 (unaccepted)
          215. Species Mactra ochracea E. von Martens, 1879 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
          216. Species Mactra opposita Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted, synonym and homonym)
          217. Species Mactra ordinaria E. A. Smith, 1898 (unaccepted, superseded combination)
          218. Species Mactra ornata Gray, 1837 (unaccepted)
          219. Species Mactra ovalina Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted, original combination)
          220. Species Mactra ovalina Lamarck, 1818, sensu E. A. Smith, 1914 (unaccepted > misapplication)
          221. Species Mactra ovalis A. Gould, 1840 (unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Mactra ovalis J. Sowerby, 1817; Mactra polynyma is a replacement name)
          222. Species Mactra ovata W. Wood, 1828 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          223. Species Mactra paitensis R. A. Philippi, 1893 (unaccepted)
          224. Species Mactra pallida Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 (unaccepted, original combination)
          225. Species Mactra papyracea Chemnitz, 1782 (unaccepted, unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN Direction 1; available from Gmelin, 1791)
          226. Species Mactra papyracea Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          227. Species Mactra parkesiana Hedley, 1902 (unaccepted, junior subjective synonym)
          228. Species Mactra paulucciae Locard, 1890 (unaccepted, unjustified emendation of paulucci Aradas & Benoit, 1872)
          229. Species Mactra pellicula Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
          230. Species Mactra pellucida Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          231. Species Mactra pencana R. A. Philippi, 1893 (unaccepted)
          232. Species Mactra petitii A. d'Orbigny, 1841 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          233. Species Mactra pinguis Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864 (unaccepted)
          234. Species Mactra piperata Poiret, 1789 (unaccepted)
          235. Species Mactra planata Spengler, 1802 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          236. Species Mactra planulata Conrad, 1837 (unaccepted)
          237. Species Mactra plicataria Linnaeus, 1767 (unaccepted)
          238. Species Mactra plicatilis Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
          239. Species Mactra plicatilis Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted, synonym and homonym)
          240. Species Mactra polita Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          241. Species Mactra polynyma W. Stimpson, 1860 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          242. Species Mactra ponderosa R. A. Philippi, 1844 (unaccepted)
          243. Species Mactra proaspersa Sacco, 1901 sensu Ardovini & al., 2004 (unaccepted)
          244. Species Mactra procera Dillwyn, 1817 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          245. Species Mactra pulchra Gray, 1837 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
          246. Species Mactra pulla R. A. Philippi, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          247. Species Mactra pura Deshayes, 1854 (unaccepted, junior synonym and homonym)
          248. Species Mactra purpurea Spengler, 1802 (unaccepted)
          249. Species Mactra radiata Spengler, 1802 (unaccepted)
          250. Species Mactra radiata Donovan, 1803 (unaccepted)
          251. Species Mactra radiolata Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
          252. Species Mactra radiolata Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted, synonym and homonym)
          253. Species Mactra raveneli Conrad, 1832 (unaccepted)
          254. Species Mactra recurva W. Wood, 1828 (unaccepted)
          255. Species Mactra reevei Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
          256. Species Mactra reevesii J. E. Gray, 1837 (unaccepted, original combination)
          257. Species Mactra reticulata Spengler, 1802 (unaccepted)
          258. Species Mactra richmondi Dall, 1894 (unaccepted)
          259. Species Mactra rostralis Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
          260. Species Mactra rostralis Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted, synonym and homonym)
          261. Species Mactra rostrata Spengler, 1802 (unaccepted)
          262. Species Mactra rostrata Spengler, 1802 sensu Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted, misapplication)
          263. Species Mactra rostrata R. A. Philippi, 1849 (unaccepted)
          264. Species Mactra rufa Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted)
          265. Species Mactra rufanensis W. H. Turton, 1932 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
          266. Species Mactra rufescens Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          267. Species Mactra rugifera Dunker, 1862 (unaccepted)
          268. Species Mactra rugosa Helbling, 1779 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          269. Species Mactra sachalinensis Schrenck, 1861 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          270. Species Mactra sanctiblasii Maury, 1925 (unaccepted)
          271. Species Mactra sauliae [sic] (unaccepted, incorrect subsequent spelling of sauliana Gray, 1838 in Reeve (1854) and subsequent authors)
          272. Species Mactra saulii [sic] (unaccepted, incorrect subsequent spelling by Hanley, 1843)
          273. Species Mactra scalpellum Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted, superseded combination)
          274. Species Mactra scalpellum Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted, synonym and homonym)
          275. Species Mactra semistriata Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
          276. Species Mactra semisulcata Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Mactra semisulcata Lamarck, 1805)
          277. Species Mactra senegalensis R. A. Philippi, 1849 sensu Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted > misapplication)
          278. Species Mactra senegalensis R. A. Philippi, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          279. Species Mactra sericea Brusina, 1865 (unaccepted)
          280. Species Mactra sericea Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted, synonym and homonym)
          281. Species Mactra setosa Quoy & Quimard, 1835 (unaccepted)
          282. Species Mactra sibyllae Valenciennes, 1858 (unaccepted, suppressed by ICZN Opinion 1366)
          283. Species Mactra silicula Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted, junior primary homonym of Mactra silicula Reeve, 1854)
          284. Species Mactra silicula Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
          285. Species Mactra similis W. Wood, 1828 (unaccepted)
          286. Species Mactra similis Say, 1822 (unaccepted)
          287. Species Mactra solida (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          288. Species Mactra solidissima Dillwyn, 1817 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          289. Species Mactra spectabilis Lischke, 1871 (unaccepted)
          290. Species Mactra spengleri Linnaeus, 1767 (unaccepted)
          291. Species Mactra squalida Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted)
          292. Species Mactra straminea Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted)
          293. Species Mactra striata Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted)
          294. Species Mactra striata Nyst, 1845 (unaccepted)
          295. Species Mactra striata T. Brown, 1827 (unaccepted)
          296. Species Mactra striata Spengler, 1802 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Mactra striata Gmelin, 1791)
          297. Species Mactra striatella Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted)
          298. Species Mactra striatula Linnaeus, 1767 (unaccepted)
          299. Species Mactra subalata Mörch, 1860 (unaccepted, original combination)
          300. Species Mactra sublanceolata Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted)
          301. Species Mactra subplicata Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted)
          302. Species Mactra subplicata W. Wood, 1828 (unaccepted)
          303. Species Mactra subrostrata Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
          304. Species Mactra subtriangulata W. Wood, 1828 (unaccepted, superseded combination)
          305. Species Mactra subtrigona (S. V. Wood, 1841) (unaccepted)
          306. Species Mactra subtruncata (da Costa, 1778) (unaccepted)
          307. Species Mactra sulcata Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827 (unaccepted)
          308. Species Mactra sulcataria Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
          309. Species Mactra symmetrica Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
          310. Species Mactra taprobanensis W. Wood, 1828 (unaccepted)
          311. Species Mactra taprobanensis Preston, 1904 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, preoccupied by Mactra taprobanensis Wood, 1828)
          312. Species Mactra targioni Aradas & Benoit, 1872 (unaccepted)
          313. Species Mactra tellinoides Pulteney, 1799 (unaccepted)
          314. Species Mactra tellinoides Conrad, 1831 (unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Mactra tellinoides Pulteney, 1799)
          315. Species Mactra tenera W. Wood, 1828 (unaccepted)
          316. Species Mactra tenuis Montagu, 1803 (unaccepted)
          317. Species Mactra thracioides A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          318. Species Mactra transversa Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
          319. Species Mactra triangula Brocchi, 1814 (unaccepted)
          320. Species Mactra triangularis Montagu, 1803 (unaccepted)
          321. Species Mactra triangularis Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted, Invalid: junior homonym of Mactra triangularis Montagu, 1803)
          322. Species Mactra trigonella Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          323. Species Mactra tristis Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted, synonym and homonym)
          324. Species Mactra tristis Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted, superseded combination)
          325. Species Mactra truncata Montagu, 1808 (unaccepted)
          326. Species Mactra tumida Spengler, 1802 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          327. Species Mactra unicolor Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827 (unaccepted)
          328. Species Mactra vanattae Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
          329. Species Mactra velata R. A. Philippi, 1849 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          330. Species Mactra veneriformis Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
          331. Species Mactra veneriformis W. Wood, 1828 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
          332. Species Mactra virgo Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
          333. Species Mactra virgo Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted, synonym and homonym)
          334. Species Mactra vitrea Spengler, 1802 (unaccepted)
          335. Species Mactra vitrea Gray, 1837 (unaccepted, junior homonym of Mactra vitrea Spengler, 1802; Anatina grayi is a replacement name)
          336. Species Mactra vitrea Dillwyn, 1817 (unaccepted, The first author to make this name available (taken from Chemnitz, 1795, non-binomial) was Spengler (1802) id=540849, therefore Dillwyn is not deemed to have introduced a new name. (Gofas, Serge))
          337. Species Mactra vitrea Chemnitz, 1795 (unaccepted, unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1; available from Spengler, 1802)
          338. Species Mactra williamsi S. S. Berry, 1960 (unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Mactra williamsi Marwick, 1948)
          339. Species Mactra zellwegeri Jousseaume, 1894 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
          340. Species Mactra zonata Lischke, 1871 (unaccepted, junior subjective synonym)
          341. Subgenus Mactra (Mactra) Linnaeus, 1767 (alternative representation)
            1. Species Mactra (Mactra) williamsi S. S. Berry, 1960 accepted as Spisula adamsi Olsson, 1961
            2. Species Mactra (Mactra) westralis Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990 represented as Mactra westralis Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990
          342. Subgenus Mactra (Mactrella) J. E. Gray, 1853 represented as Mactrella J. E. Gray, 1853
            1. Species Mactra (Mactrella) alata (Spengler, 1802) accepted as Mactrellona alata (Spengler, 1802) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
          343. Subgenus Mactra (Mactrinula) J. E. Gray, 1853 represented as Mactrinula J. E. Gray, 1853
            1. Species Mactra (Mactrinula) goniocyma Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 accepted as Tumbeziconcha goniocyma (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
            2. Species Mactra (Mactrinula) janeiroensis E. A. Smith, 1915 accepted as Mactrotoma janeiroensis (E. A. Smith, 1915) (basionym)
          344. Subgenus Mactra (Nannomactra) Iredale, 1930 represented as Mactra Linnaeus, 1767
            1. Species Mactra (Nannomactra) pusilla A. Adams, 1856 accepted as Mactra pusilla A. Adams, 1856 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
            2. Species Mactra (Nannomactra) jacksonensis E. A. Smith, 1885 represented as Mactra jacksonensis E. A. Smith, 1885
          345. Species Mactra bullata Deshayes, 1855 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
          346. Species Mactra cecillii R. A. Philippi, 1849 (uncertain > unassessed)
          347. Species Mactra corbicula R. A. Philippi, 1851 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
          348. Species Mactra diaphana Anton, 1837 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
          349. Species Mactra excisa Anton, 1838 (uncertain, status in recent literature not researched by editor)
          350. Species Mactra gigas Nowell-Usticke, 1969 (uncertain > unassessed)
          351. Species Mactra nitida R. A. Philippi, 1887 (uncertain > unassessed, junior homonym of M. nitida Gmelin, 1798, and M. nitida Spengler, 1802)
          352. Species Mactra nucleus Conrad, 1831 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
          353. Species Mactra radiosa R. P. Lesson, 1831 (uncertain > unassessed)
          354. Species Mactra similis G. B. Sowerby I, 1839 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, preoccupied)
          355. Species Mactra triangulare Hector, 1870 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Not Mactra triangularis Montagu, 1803 (homonym))
          356. Species Mactra trigona Anton, 1838 (uncertain, status in recent literature not researched by editor)
          marine, brackish, 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]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] OpenAccess publication
          Nomenclature The official list of names in zoology(ICZN) includes the following entry:
          Mactra Linnaeus, 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12,...  
          Nomenclature The official list of names in zoology(ICZN) includes the following entry:
          Mactra Linnaeus, 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 1125 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Gray, 1847 (Proc. zool. Soc. London, 15: 185): Cardium stultorum Linnaeus, 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 681) (Bivalvia). Op. 94, Direction 72 [1957].
          Keen (in Moore, 1969, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology p. N595) mentions an ealier designation of Cardium stultorum as the type species of Mactra.  [details]
          MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mactra Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138158 on 2025-07-18
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          Gofas, Serge
          2012-03-09 11:53:15Z
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          Bouchet, Philippe
          2012-03-31 12:25:37Z
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          Gofas, Serge
          2017-11-14 17:01:17Z
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          Gofas, Serge
          2019-07-26 01:12:07Z
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          Marshall, Bruce
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          Vinarski, Maxim

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          Nomenclature

          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]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] OpenAccess publication

          original description (of Colorimactra Iredale, 1929) Iredale, T. (1929). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 9(3): 261-297, pls 30-31 [29 June 1929]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52430219
          page(s): 268 [details] 

          original description (of Trigonella da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; 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] OpenAccess publication

          original description (of Telemactra Iredale, 1929) Iredale, T. (1929). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 9(3): 261-297, pls 30-31 [29 June 1929]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52430219
          page(s): 268 [details] 

          original description (of Nannomactra Iredale, 1930) Iredale, T. (1930). More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65. [Published 27 June 1930]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17186/773_complete.pdf
          page(s): 400, 407 [details] 

          original description (of Mactra (Eomactra) Cossmann, 1909 †) Cossmann M. & Peyrot A. (1909). <i>Conchologie néogénique de l'Aquitaine. Pélécypodes</i>. 2 volumes. Bordeaux: A. Saugnac. Published in parallel in <i>Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux</i>. [Publication dates after Lozouet & Lesport, 1994, <i>Cossmanniana</i> 3(1): 9–12]. Tome 1: pp. 1–220, pls 1–7 [18 December 1909]; = <i>Actes</i>, 63(2): 72–144, pls 1–4 [October 5, 1909]; <i>Actes</i>, 63(3): 145–232, pls 5–7 [13 November 1909]; <i>Actes</i>, 63(4): 233–293 [18 December 1909]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59185058
          page(s): 63: 241 [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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

          Other

          additional source Kondo, Y.; Yokogawa, K.; Shiratsuchi, T. (2001). Substrate Preferences and Burrowing Ability of Donacidae and Mesodesmatidae (Bivalvia) on Beaches of Southwest Japan. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 60 (1-2): 57-69. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

          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  PDF available [request]

          		 
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          Nomenclature The official list of names in zoology(ICZN) includes the following entry:
          Mactra Linnaeus, 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 1125 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Gray, 1847 (Proc. zool. Soc. London, 15: 185): Cardium stultorum Linnaeus, 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 681) (Bivalvia). Op. 94, Direction 72 [1957].
          Keen (in Moore, 1969, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology p. N595) mentions an ealier designation of Cardium stultorum as the type species of Mactra.  [details]
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          LanguageName 
          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
          From editor or global species database
          Unreviewed
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