African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Mactra Linnaeus, 1767

Mactra stultorum

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Mactrinae Lamarck, 1809

Orig. name

Mactra Linnaeus, 1767

Direct children (24)

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Species Mactra achatina Holten, 1802
Species Mactra aequisulcata G. B. Sowerby III, 1894
Species Mactra cuneata Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra cygnus Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra glabrata Linnaeus, 1767
Species Mactra iridescens Kuroda & Habe, 1958
Species Mactra lilacea Lamarck, 1818
Species Mactra olorina R. A. Philippi, 1846
Species Mactra opposita Reeve, 1854
Species Mactra rochebrunei E. Lamy, 1916
Species Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mactra thaanumi Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Species Mactra ambiqua Weinkauff, 1884 accepted as Mactrotoma compressa (Spengler, 1802)
Species Mactra angolensis Cosel, 1995 accepted as Scissodesma angolensis (Cosel, 1995)
Species Mactra angulifera Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactrotoma angulifera (Reeve, 1854) (original combination)
Species Mactra capensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 accepted as Simomactra capensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)
Species Mactra corbiculoides Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra cygnus Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra hians R. A. Philippi, 1846 accepted as Mactra rochebrunei E. Lamy, 1916 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Mactra hians Pulteney, 1799)
Species Mactra inconstans Cosel, 1995 accepted as Anatina inconstans (Cosel, 1995) accepted as Huberimactra inconstans (Cosel, 1995)
Species Mactra largillierti R. A. Philippi, 1849 accepted as Mactra glabrata Linnaeus, 1767
Species Mactra lurida R. A. Philippi, 1850 accepted as Mactra cygnus Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra nitida Spengler, 1802 accepted as Scissodesma nitida (Gmelin, 1791) (not an available name; available from Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra ovalina Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Standella ovalina (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Mactrotoma ovalina (Lamarck, 1818) (original combination)
Species Mactra vitrea Gray, 1837 accepted as Huberimactra grayi (M. Huber, 2015) (junior homonym of Mactra vitrea Spengler, 1802; Anatina grayi is a replacement name)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

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

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Mactra Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138158 on 2024-04-23

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024). African Register of Marine Species. Mactra Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138158 on 2024-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2012-03-09 11:53:15Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-03-31 12:25:37Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2017-11-14 17:01:17Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2019-07-26 01:12:07Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2023-01-26 09:30:58Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

[taxonomic tree]

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