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Lutraria oblonga (Gmelin, 1791)

Lutraria oblonga

AphiaID

152852 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152852)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Lutraria magna (da Costa, 1778)

Rank

Species

Parent

Lutraria Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Mya oblonga Gmelin, 1791

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Variety Lutraria oblonga var. altavillensis De Gregorio, 1885 accepted as Lutraria magna (da Costa, 1778) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Lutraria oblonga var. tarantensis De Gregorio, 1885 accepted as Lutraria magna (da Costa, 1778) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Mya oblonga Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Lutraria oblonga (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152852 on 2026-01-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2005-04-14 07:47:17Z

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Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-09-23 10:44:16Z

changed

Huber, Markus

2025-01-30 11:33:48Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description (of Mya oblonga Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

basis of record Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Moerdijk, P. W. (2024). A lectotype for the stabilization of the name Chama magna da Costa, 1778 (presently Lutraria magna (da Costa, 1778); Bivalvia: Mactridae). Basteria. 88(2): 220-224. [details] Available for editors

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Other

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]