WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Mulinia levicardo (E. A. Smith, 1881)

AphiaID

559556 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:559556)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Mulinia J. E. Gray, 1837

Original name

Mactra (Mulinia) levicardo E. A. Smith, 1881

Synonymised names

Mactra (Mulinia) levicardo E. A. Smith, 1881 · unaccepted (basionym)

Mactra levicardo E. A. Smith, 1881 · unaccepted (original combination)

Mulinia edulis f. levicardo (E. A. Smith, 1881) · unaccepted

Environment

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

Original description

(of Mactra (Mulinia) levicardo E. A. Smith, 1881) Smith, E. A. (1881). Account of the zoological collections made during the survey of the H.M.S. 'Alert' in the Straits of Magellan and on the coast of Patagonia. IV. Mollusca and Molluscoidea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1881): 22-44, pls 3-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759083
page(s): 39, pl. 5, figs 2-2b. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Patagonia

type locality contained in Patagonia [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mulinia levicardo (E. A. Smith, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559556 on 2026-08-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-02-14 15:00:46Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-04-09 13:13:43Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Mactra (Mulinia) levicardo E. A. Smith, 1881) Smith, E. A. (1881). Account of the zoological collections made during the survey of the H.M.S. 'Alert' in the Straits of Magellan and on the coast of Patagonia. IV. Mollusca and Molluscoidea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1881): 22-44, pls 3-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759083
page(s): 39, pl. 5, figs 2-2b. [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Signorelli, J. H.; Pastorino, G. (2011). Revision of the Magellanic Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 (Bivalvia: Heterodonta). Zootaxa. 2757: 47-67., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2757.1.4 [details] Available for editors