MSBIAS name details
Mactracea
182704 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:182704)
unaccepted (suffix -oidea mandatory for a superfamily name following current ICZN art. 29.2.)
Superfamily
marine, 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. Mactracea. 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=182704 on 2026-06-24
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. Mactracea. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182704 on 2026-06-24
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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 (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 1: 318; note: original spelling "Les Mactracées" (vernacular). First latinized, as Mactracea, by Children (1822). [details]
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
basis of record 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality