Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Mactridae Lamarck, 1809

HKRMS taxon details

Mactridae Lamarck, 1809

AphiaID

230 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:230)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Mactra Linnaeus, 1767 (type by original designation)

Parent

Mactroidea Lamarck, 1809

Original name

Mactridae Lamarck, 1809

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Subfamily Lutrariinae Gray, 1853
1. Genus Lutraria Lamarck, 1799
2. Genus Meropesta Iredale, 1929
Subfamily Mactrinae Lamarck, 1809
1. Genus Mactra Linnaeus, 1767
2. Genus Mactrinula J. E. Gray, 1853
3. Genus Mactromeris Conrad, 1868

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Lamarck, J.-B. (M. de). (1809). Philosophie zoologique, ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Paris, Dentu & the author. Tome premier, I-XXV, 1-428. Tome second, 1-475., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5675762f/f6.item.texteImage
page(s): 1: 318 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mactridae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=230 on 2026-01-14

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Mactridae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=230 on 2026-01-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2012-01-04 17:55:52Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2024-10-23 17:26:48Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Lamarck, J.-B. (M. de). (1809). Philosophie zoologique, ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Paris, Dentu & the author. Tome premier, I-XXV, 1-428. Tome second, 1-475., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5675762f/f6.item.texteImage
page(s): 1: 318 [details]

additional source Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]

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Introduced: alien

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mactridae)
To Genbank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To The Arctic Traits Database (5 traits)
To ITIS