MSBIAS - Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

MSBIAS taxon details

Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Mactra stultorum

AphiaID

140299 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140299)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Mactra Linnaeus, 1767

Original name

Cardium stultorum Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 681 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140299 on 2026-07-01

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140299 on 2026-07-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

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original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 681 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Rodríguez-Rúa, A.; Delgado, M.; Silva, L.; Román, S.; Cojan, M. (2022). First insights into population parameters and spatial distribution of the two morphotypes of Mactra stultorum (brownish and whitish) (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mollusca: Bivalvia) along the southwestern Spanish coast. Marine Biology Research. 18(1-2): 32-47., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2022.2064511 [details] Available for editors

additional source Chetoui, I.; Telahigue, K.; Bejaoui, S.; Rabeh, I.; Ghribi, F.; Denis, F.; ElCafsi, M. (2018). Annual reproductive cycle and condition index of Mactra corallina (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the north coast of Tunisia. Invertebrate Reproduction & Development. 63(1): 40-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/07924259.2018.1529636 [details] Available for editors

status source Huber M. (2015). Compendium of bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6). [Tellinidae by M. Huber, A. Langleit & K. Kreipl, pp. 167-297, 564-746].
page(s): 833. [details]