African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Mactra rochebrunei E. Lamy, 1916

AfReMaS taxon details

Mactra rochebrunei E. Lamy, 1916

AphiaID

216443 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216443)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Mactra Linnaeus, 1767

Original name

Mactra rochebrunei E. Lamy, 1916

Synonymised names

Mactra hians R. A. Philippi, 1846 · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Mactra hians...)

junior homonym of Mactra hians Pulteney, 1799

Environment

marine

Original description

Lamy E. (1916). Les mactres et les lutraires de la Mer Rouge (d'après les matériaux recueillis par M. le Dr. Jousseaume). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 22: 237-242, 305-310., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42958551
page(s): 242 ; note: in synonymy of Mactra hians Philippi, 1846 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mactra rochebrunei E. Lamy, 1916. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216443 on 2026-09-03

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) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Mactra rochebrunei E. Lamy, 1916. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216443 on 2026-09-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-09-23 10:34:21Z

changed

Huber, Markus

2013-08-28 16:05:29Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

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original description Lamy E. (1916). Les mactres et les lutraires de la Mer Rouge (d'après les matériaux recueillis par M. le Dr. Jousseaume). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 22: 237-242, 305-310., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42958551
page(s): 242 ; note: in synonymy of Mactra hians Philippi, 1846 [details]

original description (of Mactra hians R. A. Philippi, 1846) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): 2: 71, pl. Mactra 2, fig. 1 [details]

basis of record Spry, J. F. (1964). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Part 2: Pelecypoda (Bivalves). Tanganyika Notes and Records. 63: 123-164, 8 pls. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]