WoRMS taxon details
Standella ovalina (Lamarck, 1818)
1502123 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1502123)
accepted
Species
Mactra alfredensis Bartsch, 1915 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mactra crista Jousseaume, 1894 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mactra kraussi W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mactra ovalina Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (original combination)
Mactrotoma ovalina (Lamarck, 1818) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mactra ovalina Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 477. [details]
page(s): 477. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Standella ovalina (Lamarck, 1818). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1502123 on 2026-06-29
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Nomenclature
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. (1894). Diagnoses des coquilles de nouveaux mollusques. <em>Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris.</em> ser. 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] Available for editors
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original description (of Mactra ovalina Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 477. [details]
new combination reference Signorelli, J.H. (2021). The family Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 (Bivalvia: Cardiida) in South African waters. <em>Malacologia.</em> 63(2): 195–223., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.063.0204
page(s): 208, figs 82-85. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 209, pl. 44, figs 6, 7. [details]
original description (of Mactra crista Jousseaume, 1894) Jousseaume, [. F. (1894). Diagnoses des coquilles de nouveaux mollusques. <em>Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris.</em> ser. 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] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Mactra ovalina Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 477. [details]
new combination reference Signorelli, J.H. (2021). The family Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 (Bivalvia: Cardiida) in South African waters. <em>Malacologia.</em> 63(2): 195–223., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.063.0204
page(s): 208, figs 82-85. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
New combination 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) (from synonym Mactrotoma ovalina (Lamarck, 1818))
To Malacopics (Standella ovalina (Lamarck, 1818) Australia, South Australia, Adelaide, Outer Harbo...
To Malacopics (Standella ovalina (Lamarck,1818) Egypt, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Hurghada)
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) (from synonym Mactrotoma ovalina (Lamarck, 1818))
To Malacopics (Standella ovalina (Lamarck, 1818) Australia, South Australia, Adelaide, Outer Harbo...
To Malacopics (Standella ovalina (Lamarck,1818) Egypt, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Hurghada)
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)
