African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Mactra hians R. A. Philippi, 1846

AfReMaS name details

Mactra hians R. A. Philippi, 1846

AphiaID

216445 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216445)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Mactra hians Pulteney, 1799)

Accepted name

Mactra rochebrunei E. Lamy, 1916

Rank

Species

Parent

Mactra Linnaeus, 1767

Original name

Mactra hians R. A. Philippi, 1846

Environment

marine

Original description

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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mactra hians Philippi, 1846. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/afremas./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216445 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 hians R. A. Philippi, 1846. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216445 on 2026-09-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2012-02-25 13:52:32Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2023-02-28 12:57:34Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2024-12-30 20:18:50Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

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Sources (3)
Documented distribution (1)

original description 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). <em>Tanganyika Notes and Records.</em> 63: 123-164, 8 pls. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality