WoRMS name details
Mactra ochracea E. von Martens, 1879
505692 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505692)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Species
Mactra adansonii var. decora sensu W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted > misapplication (not Reeve, 1854)
Mactra adansonii var. elongata W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mactra dissimilis var. ochracea E. von Martens, 1879) Martens, E. von. (1879). Übersicht der von W. Peters von 1843 bis 1847 in Mossambique gesammelten Mollusca. <em>Monatsberichte der königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1879(7): 727-749., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36341972
page(s): 744. [details]
page(s): 744. [details]
Type locality contained in Inhambane
type locality contained in Inhambane [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mactra ochracea E. von Martens, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505692 on 2026-06-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mactra dissimilis var. ochracea E. von Martens, 1879) Martens, E. von. (1879). Übersicht der von W. Peters von 1843 bis 1847 in Mossambique gesammelten Mollusca. <em>Monatsberichte der königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1879(7): 727-749., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36341972
page(s): 744. [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 744. [details]
basis of record 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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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): 199. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
