WoRMS taxon details
Mactrotoma ovalina (Lamarck, 1818)
596616 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:596616)
accepted
Species
Mactra alfredensis Bartsch, 1915 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Mactra crista Jousseaume, 1894 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Mactra kraussi W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Mactra ovalina Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (original combination)
Standella ovalina (Lamarck, 1818) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mactra ovalina Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, J.B. (1818). [volume 5 of] Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, préséntant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; precedes d'une Introduction offrant la determination des caracteres essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du vegetal et desautres corps naturels, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. <em>Paris, Deterville.</em> vol 5: 612 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 477. [details]
page(s): 477. [details]
Taxonomic remark Signorelli (2021) referred this species to Standella based on the belief that Standella is a senior objective synonym of...
Taxonomic remark Signorelli (2021) referred this species to Standella based on the belief that Standella is a senior objective synonym of Mactrotoma - a matter that was contested by Huber (2015) and has yet to be resolved. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Mactrotoma ovalina (Lamarck, 1818). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596616 on 2024-04-23
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original description
(of Mactra alfredensis Bartsch, 1915) Bartsch, P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. <em>Bulletin. United States National Museum.</em> 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32699
page(s): 209, pl. 44, figs 6, 7. [details]
original description (of Mactra crista Jousseaume, 1894) Jousseaume [F.P.] 1894. Diagnoses des coquilles de nouveaux mollusques. <i>Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris</i>, 8(6): 98-105., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31946446
page(s): 105 [details]
original description (of Mactra kraussi W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 255, pl. 69, sp. 1809. [details]
original description (of Mactra ovalina Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, J.B. (1818). [volume 5 of] Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, préséntant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; precedes d'une Introduction offrant la determination des caracteres essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du vegetal et desautres corps naturels, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. <em>Paris, Deterville.</em> vol 5: 612 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 477. [details]
basis of record Signorelli, J. H.; Pastorino, G. (2012). Taxonomic revision of Brazilian Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 (Bivalvia: Cardiida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3245, 30-53. [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 179 [details]
page(s): 209, pl. 44, figs 6, 7. [details]
original description (of Mactra crista Jousseaume, 1894) Jousseaume [F.P.] 1894. Diagnoses des coquilles de nouveaux mollusques. <i>Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris</i>, 8(6): 98-105., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31946446
page(s): 105 [details]
original description (of Mactra kraussi W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 255, pl. 69, sp. 1809. [details]
original description (of Mactra ovalina Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, J.B. (1818). [volume 5 of] Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, préséntant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; precedes d'une Introduction offrant la determination des caracteres essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du vegetal et desautres corps naturels, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. <em>Paris, Deterville.</em> vol 5: 612 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 477. [details]
basis of record Signorelli, J. H.; Pastorino, G. (2012). Taxonomic revision of Brazilian Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 (Bivalvia: Cardiida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3245, 30-53. [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 179 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Signorelli (2021) referred this species to Standella based on the belief that Standella is a senior objective synonym of Mactrotoma - a matter that was contested by Huber (2015) and has yet to be resolved. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Mactra ovalina Lamarck, 1818)
To Conchology (Mactrotoma ovalina)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-20963) (from synonym Mactra ovalina Lamarck, 1818)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-34185) (from synonym Mactra crista Jousseaume, 1894)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mactra alfredensis Syntype USNM 186945) (from synonym Mactra alfredensis Bartsch, 1915)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Mactra alfredensis Bartsch, 1915)
To Conchology (Mactrotoma ovalina)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-20963) (from synonym Mactra ovalina Lamarck, 1818)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-34185) (from synonym Mactra crista Jousseaume, 1894)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mactra alfredensis Syntype USNM 186945) (from synonym Mactra alfredensis Bartsch, 1915)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Mactra alfredensis Bartsch, 1915)