MSBIAS taxon details
Mactrinae Lamarck, 1809
152831 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152831)
accepted
Subfamily
- Genus Mactra Linnaeus, 1767
- Genus Mulinia J. E. Gray, 1837
- Genus Rangia Des Moulins, 1832
- Genus Scissodesma J. E. Gray, 1837
- Genus Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837
- Genus Mactrotoma Dall, 1894 accepted as Standella J. E. Gray, 1853 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mactridae Lamarck, 1809) 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; note: original spelling "Les Mactracées" (vernacular). First latinized, as Mactracea, by Children (1822). [details]
page(s): 1: 318; note: original spelling "Les Mactracées" (vernacular). First latinized, as Mactracea, by Children (1822). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mactrinae Lamarck, 1809. 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=152831 on 2026-05-09
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. Mactrinae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152831 on 2026-05-09
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(of Mactridae Lamarck, 1809) 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; note: original spelling "Les Mactracées" (vernacular). First latinized, as Mactracea, by Children (1822). [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 396 [details] Available for editors
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]
page(s): 1: 318; note: original spelling "Les Mactracées" (vernacular). First latinized, as Mactracea, by Children (1822). [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 396 [details] Available for editors
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
