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Mactra Linnaeus, 1767 
AphiaID: 138158

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Mactroidea (Superfamily) > Mactridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Cardium stultorum Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Mactridae Lamarck, 1809
Synonymised
taxa
  Deikea Mayer-Eymar, 1872 (synonym)
Telemactra Iredale, 1929 (synonym)
Trigonella da Costa, 1778 (synonym)
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] [full text]

basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.  [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English fenugreeks (from synonym)  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål hornkløverslekta (from synonym)  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk hornkløverslekta (from synonym)  [details]
Swedish trigonellor (from synonym)  [details]
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 Subgenus Mactra (Coelomactra) Dall, 1895
Subgenus Mactra (Mactra) Linnaeus, 1767
Subgenus Mactra (Maorimactra) Finlay, 1928
  » Species Mactra (Maorimactra) ordinaria E. A. Smith, 1898
Subgenus Mactra (Nannomactra) Iredale, 1930
Species Mactra abbreviata Lamarck, 1818
Species Mactra achatina Holten, 1802
Species Mactra aequisulcata Sowerby III, 1894
Species Mactra alta Deshayes, 1855
Species Mactra antiquata Spengler, 1802
Species Mactra aphrodina Reeve, 1854
Species Mactra artensis Montrouzier Fischer, 1859
Species Mactra australis Lamarck, 1818
Species Mactra chinensis Philippi, 1846
Species Mactra cordiformis Reeve, 1854
Species Mactra crossei (Dunker, 1877)
Species Mactra cumingii Reeve, 1854
Species Mactra cuneata Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra cygnus Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra deshayesi Mayer, 1867
Species Mactra dissimilis Reeve, 1854
Species Mactra eburnea Philippi, 1849
Species Mactra eximia Reeve, 1854
Species Mactra fuegiensis E. A. Smith, 1905
Species Mactra gigas Nowell-Usticke, 1969
Species Mactra glabrata Linnaeus, 1767
Species Mactra glauca Born, 1778
Species Mactra grandis Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra guidoi Signorelli & F. Scarabino, 2010
Species Mactra inaequalis Reeve, 1854
Species Mactra incarnata Reeve, 1854
Species Mactra incerta E. A. Smith, 1885
Species Mactra iridescens Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1958
Species Mactra isabelleana d'Orbigny, 1846
Species Mactra jacksonensis E. A. Smith, 1885
Species Mactra kanakina S. M. Souverbie, 1860
Species Mactra largillierti Philippi, 1849
Species Mactra lilacea Lamarck, 1818
Species Mactra luzonica Reeve, 1854
Species Mactra maculata Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra marplatensis Doello-Jurado, 1949
Species Mactra mitis Reeve, 1854
Species Mactra nipponica Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda & al., 1971
Species Mactra ochracea Martens, 1880
Species Mactra olorina Philippi, 1846
Species Mactra opposita Reeve, 1854
Species Mactra ordinaria E. A. Smith, 1898
Species Mactra patagonica d'Orbigny, 1846 †
Species Mactra petitii d'Orbigny, 1846
Species Mactra pulchella Philippi, 1846
Species Mactra pura Reeve, 1854
Species Mactra pusilla A. Adams, 1856
Species Mactra quadrangularis Reeve, 1854
Species Mactra queenslandica E. A. Smith, 1914
Species Mactra quirosana Hodson, 1931
Species Mactra rochebrunei Jousseaume Lamy, 1916
Species Mactra sauliana Gray, 1838
Species Mactra semistriata Reeve, 1854
Species Mactra sericea Reeve, 1854
Species Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mactra thaanumi Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Species Mactra turgida Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra violacea Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra westralis Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990

Subgenus Mactra (Mactrodrerma) Dall, 1894 accepted as Mactrotoma Dall, 1894 accepted as Standella Gray, 1853
Subgenus Mactra (Mactrotoma) Dall, 1894 accepted as Standella Gray, 1853
  » Species Mactra (Mactrotoma) capensis Sowerby III, 1892 accepted as Simomactra capensis (Sowerby III, 1892)
Species Mactra acutissima Cosel, 1995 accepted as Scissodesma acutissima (Cosel, 1995)
Species Mactra adansonii Philippi, 1849 accepted as Mactra glabrata Linnaeus, 1767
Species Mactra adspersa Dunker, 1849 accepted as Mactra achatina Holten, 1802
Species Mactra aegyptiaca Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Meropesta nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra aequilatera Reeve, 1854 accepted as Crassula aequilatera (Reeve, 1854)
Species Mactra alata Spengler, 1802 accepted as Mactrellona alata (Spengler, 1802)
Species Mactra alba W. Wood, 1802 accepted as Abra alba (W. Wood, 1802)
Species Mactra alba Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mactra albina Deshayes, 1832 accepted as Leptospisula nivea (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra alfredensis Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Mactrotoma depressa (Spengler, 1802)
Species Mactra ambigua Weinkauff, 1884 accepted as Mactrotoma compressa (Spengler, 1802)
Species Mactra amygdala Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864 accepted as Anapella cycladea (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Mactra anatina Spengler, 1802 accepted as Anatina anatina (Spengler, 1802)
Species Mactra anatinoides Reeve, 1854 accepted as Raeta pellicula (Reeve, 1854)
Species Mactra angolensis Cosel, 1995 accepted as Scissodesma angolensis (Cosel, 1995)
Species Mactra angulata Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mulinia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
Species Mactra angulifera (Reeve, 1854) accepted as Mactrotoma angulifera (Reeve, 1854)
Species Mactra angusta Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactrotoma angusta (Reeve, 1854)
Species Mactra anserina Guppy, 1874 accepted as Mactrotoma fragilis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra apicina Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra luzonica Reeve, 1854
Species Mactra arctata Conrad, 1831 accepted as Mesodesma arctatum (Conrad, 1831)
Species Mactra aspersa G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 accepted as Oxyperas aspersa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Species Mactra atacama Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941 accepted as Mactrotoma angusta (Reeve, 1854)
Species Mactra attenuata Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra cygnus Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra bilineata Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactrotoma fragilis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra bistrigata Mörch, 1860 accepted as Mulinia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
Species Mactra bonneauii Bernardi, 1858 accepted as Mactra quadrangularis Reeve, 1854
Species Mactra bourguignati Locard, 1890 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mactra boysii Montagu, 1803 accepted as Abra alba (W. Wood, 1802)
Species Mactra brasiliana Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Mactrotoma fragilis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra burdigalensis Mayer, 1864 accepted as Barymactra burdigalensis (Mayer, 1864)
Species Mactra calbucana Philippi, 1893 accepted as Mulinia exalbida Gray, 1837
Species Mactra californica Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactrotoma nasuta (Gould, 1851)
Species Mactra californica Conrad, 1837 accepted as Mactrella californica (Conrad, 1837) accepted as Mactrotoma californica (Conrad, 1837)
Species Mactra campechensis Gray, 1825 accepted as Raeta plicatella (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Mactra candida Nardo, 1847 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mactra capensis Sowerby III, 1892 accepted as Simomactra capensis (Sowerby III, 1892)
Species Mactra capillacea Reeve, 1854 accepted as Meropesta capillacea (Reeve, 1854)
Species Mactra carinata Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Mactrellona alata (Spengler, 1802)
Species Mactra carinulata Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mulinia cleryana (d'Orbigny, 1846)
Species Mactra carneopicta Pilsbry, 1904 accepted as Mactra chinensis Philippi, 1846
Species Mactra castanea Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mactra chemnitzii Gray, 1837 accepted as Mactra antiquata Spengler, 1802
Species Mactra cibaria Philippi, 1893 accepted as Mulinia exalbida Gray, 1837
Species Mactra cinerea Montagu, 1808 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mactra cleryana d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Mulinia cleryana (d'Orbigny, 1846)
Species Mactra cojimbensis Anton, 1837 accepted as Mulinia edulis (King & Broderip, 1832)
Species Mactra coloradoensis Dall, 1894 accepted as Mulinia modesta (Carpenter, 1864)
Species Mactra complanata Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Lutraria complanata (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra complanata Reeve, 1854 accepted as Simomactra chionia (Tomlin, 1921)
Species Mactra compressa Spengler, 1802 accepted as Mactrotoma compressa (Spengler, 1802)
Species Mactra compressa Pulteney, 1799 accepted as Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)
Species Mactra concentrica Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827 accepted as Mactrellona alata (Spengler, 1802)
Species Mactra contraria Reeve, 1854 accepted as Austromactra contraria (Reeve, 1854)
Species Mactra coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1884 accepted as Oxyperas coppingeri (E. A. Smith, 1884)
Species Mactra coquimba Philippi, 1887 accepted as Spisula petitii (d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Mactra petitii d'Orbigny, 1846
Species Mactra coquimbana Philippi, 1893 accepted as Mulinia edulis (King & Broderip, 1832)
Species Mactra corallina (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mactra corbiculoides Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra cygnus Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra corbiculoides Deshayes accepted as Mactra cygnus Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra corbuloides Reeve, 1854 accepted as Spisula trigonella (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Mactra cornea Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra antiquata Spengler, 1802
Species Mactra cornea Poli, 1791 accepted as Donacilla cornea (Poli, 1791)
Species Mactra crassatella Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mactra crista Jousseaume, 1894 accepted as Mactrotoma depressa (Spengler, 1802)
Species Mactra cumingiana Petit de la Saussaye, 1853 accepted as Barymactra rostrata (Spengler, 1802)
Species Mactra cuneola Gould, 1850 accepted as Mulinia edulis (King & Broderip, 1832)
Species Mactra cuvieri Deshayes, 1854 accepted as Mactra cumingii Reeve, 1854
Species Mactra cygnea Lamarck, 1899 accepted as Crassatella ponderosa (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra cygnea Spengler, 1802 accepted as Mactra cygnus Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra cygnea Philippi, 1844 accepted as Mactra olorina Philippi, 1846
Species Mactra cyprinus W. Wood, 1828 accepted as Anatina cyprinus (W. Wood, 1828)
Species Mactra dealbata Pulteney, 1799 accepted as Mactrotoma dealbata (Pulteney, 1799)
Species Mactra deauratum Turton, 1822 accepted as Mesodesma deauratum (Turton, 1822)
Species Mactra debilis Gould, 1850 accepted as Standella pellucida (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra decora Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra lilacea Lamarck, 1818
Species Mactra delicatula Preston, 1904 accepted as Mactra cuneata Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra deltoides Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
Species Mactra deluta Gould, 1850 accepted as Cyclomactra ovata (Gray in Dieffenbach, 1843)
Species Mactra depressa Spengler, 1802 accepted as Mactrotoma depressa (Spengler, 1802)
Species Mactra depressa Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Standella pellucida (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra deshayesii Conrad, 1868 accepted as Mactrotoma nasuta (Gould, 1851)
Species Mactra diolensis Bouchet & Nicklès, 1976 accepted as Mactrotoma compressa (Spengler, 1802)
Species Mactra discors J. E. Gray, 1837 accepted as Spisula discors (Gray, 1837)
Species Mactra dolabrata Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactrinula striatula (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Mactra donacia Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Mesodesma donacium (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Mactra dunkeri Yokoyama, 1922 accepted as Spisula sachalinensis (Schrenck, 1862)
Species Mactra dysoni Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra eburnea Philippi, 1849
Species Mactra edulis King & Broderip, 1832 accepted as Mulinia edulis (King & Broderip, 1832)
Species Mactra egena Reeve, 1854 accepted as Oxyperas egena (Reeve, 1854)
Species Mactra elegans Hutton, 1873 accepted as Mactra ordinaria E. A. Smith, 1898
Species Mactra elegans G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 accepted as Harvella elegans (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Species Mactra elliptica T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Spisula elliptica (Brown, 1827)
Species Mactra elongata Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 accepted as Oxyperas elongata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Species Mactra epidermia Philippi, 1893 accepted as Mactra fuegiensis E. A. Smith, 1905
Species Mactra estrellana Olsson, 1922 accepted as Harvella elegans (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Species Mactra euxinica Krynicki, 1837 accepted as Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
Species Mactra exoleta J. E. Gray, 1837 accepted as Mactrellona exoleta (Gray, 1837)
Species Mactra explanata Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactrotoma explanata (Reeve, 1854)
Species Mactra falcata Gould, 1850 accepted as Simomactra falcata (Gould, 1850)
Species Mactra fasciata Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mactra fauroti Jousseaume, 1888 accepted as Mactra lilacea Lamarck, 1818
Species Mactra fluviatilis Angas, 1871 accepted as Spisula trigonella (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Mactra fonsecana Hertlein & Strong, 1950 accepted as Mactrotoma isthmica (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
Species Mactra fragilis Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Mactrotoma fragilis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra fujinensis Yokoyama, 1923 accepted as Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus groenlandicus (Mohr, 1786)
Species Mactra gabbi Tryon, 1870 accepted as Mulinia edulis (King & Broderip, 1832)
Species Mactra gallina Spengler, 1802 accepted as Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mactra gibbosula Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra quadrangularis Reeve, 1854
Species Mactra gigantea Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Mactra glabrata Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Atactodea striata (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra goniata Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Mulinia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
Species Mactra goniocyma Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932 accepted as Mactrinula goniocyma (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1932)
Species Mactra gracilis Locard, 1891 accepted as Spisula elliptica (Brown, 1827)
Species Mactra grandis Deshayes, 1832 accepted as Mactromeris polynyma (Stimpson, 1860)
Species Mactra grayana Schrenck, 1867 accepted as Mactromeris polynyma (Stimpson, 1860)
Species Mactra guadelupensis Récluz, 1852 accepted as Mulinia cleryana (d'Orbigny, 1846)
Species Mactra helvacea Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Mactra glauca Born, 1778
Species Mactra hemphillii Dall, 1894 accepted as Mactromeris hemphillii (Dall, 1894)
Species Mactra hepatica Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra cygnus Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra hians Pulteney, 1799 accepted as Lutraria oblonga (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra hians Philippi, 1846 accepted as Mactra rochebrunei Jousseaume Lamy, 1916
Species Mactra hiantina Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Mactrotoma nasuta (Gould, 1851)
Species Mactra hoffstetteri Cauquoin, 1969 accepted as Spisula williamsi (Berry, 1960)
Species Mactra inceri Petuch, 1998 accepted as Trinitasia iheringi (Dall, 1897)
Species Mactra incongrua Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra cygnus Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra inconstans Cosel, 1995 accepted as Anatina inconstans (Cosel, 1995)
Species Mactra inflata Bronn, 1830 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mactra intuspicta Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Mactra cygnus Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra isthmia Jousseaume, 1888 accepted as Mactra olorina Philippi, 1846
Species Mactra isthmica Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932 accepted as Mactrotoma isthmica (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
Species Mactra janeiroensis E. A. Smith, 1915 accepted as Mactrella janeiroensis (E. A. Smith, 1915)
Species Mactra jickelii Weinkauff, 1881 accepted as Mactra lilacea Lamarck, 1818
Species Mactra jonasi Philippi, 1893 accepted as Mulinia edulis f. calbucana (Philippi, 1893) accepted as Mulinia exalbida Gray, 1837
Species Mactra jousseaumi Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 accepted as Mulinia byronensis Gray, 1837
Species Mactra kraussi Turton, 1932 accepted as Mactrotoma depressa (Spengler, 1802)
Species Mactra lacinata Carpenter, 1856 accepted as Mulinia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
Species Mactra lactea Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mactra lactea Poli, 1791 accepted as Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
Species Mactra laevigata Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Mactrellona alata (Spengler, 1802)
Species Mactra laevis Dunker, 1871 accepted as Mactra ochracea Martens, 1880
Species Mactra laevis Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactrinula striatula (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Mactra lamarckii Philippi, 1846 accepted as Mactra grandis Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra laminifera Lamy, 1906 accepted as Cyamiomactra laminifera (Lamy, 1906)
Species Mactra lateralis Say, 1822 accepted as Mulinia lateralis (Say, 1822)
Species Mactra lavata Hutton, 1885 accepted as Cyclomactra ovata (Gray in Dieffenbach, 1843)
Species Mactra levicardo E. A. Smith, 1881 accepted as Mulinia levicardo (E. A. Smith, 1881)
Species Mactra lisor Anton, 1838 accepted as Mactra glabrata Linnaeus, 1767
Species Mactra listeri Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)
Species Mactra loebbeckeana Weinkauff, 1881 accepted as Mactromeris polynyma (Stimpson, 1860)
Species Mactra lotensis Philippi, 1893 accepted as Mulinia byronensis Gray, 1837
Species Mactra lühdorfii Dunker, 1864 accepted as Spisula sachalinensis (Schrenck, 1862)
Species Mactra lurida Philippi, 1850 accepted as Mactra cygnus Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra luteola Lovén, 1846 accepted as Spisula elliptica (Brown, 1827)
Species Mactra maculosa Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Mactra achatina Holten, 1802
Species Mactra magellanica Philippi, 1893 accepted as Mulinia edulis (King & Broderip, 1832)
Species Mactra marcida Gould, 1850 accepted as Mulinia edulis (King & Broderip, 1832)
Species Mactra mariae A. Adams, 1856 accepted as Oxyperas elongata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Species Mactra matthewsi Tate, 1889 accepted as Mactra jacksonensis E. A. Smith, 1885
Species Mactra mendica Gould, 1851 accepted as Rangia mendica (Gould, 1851)
Species Mactra mera Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra grandis Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra meretriciformis Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra abbreviata Lamarck, 1818
Species Mactra micronitida Cosel, 1995 accepted as Scissodesma micronitida (Cosel, 1995)
Species Mactra minutissima Montagu, 1808 accepted as Goodallia triangularis (Montagu, 1803)
Species Mactra modesta Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Mulinia modesta (Carpenter, 1864)
Species Mactra murchisoni Reeve, 1854 accepted as Spisula murchisoni (Reeve, 1854)
Species Mactra nasuta Gould, 1851 accepted as Mactrotoma nasuta (Gould, 1851)
Species Mactra neapolitana Poli, 1791 accepted as Mactra glauca Born, 1778
Species Mactra nebulosa Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827 accepted as Mactra maculata Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra nicobarica Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Meropesta nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra nitida Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Scissodesma nitida (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra nitida Spengler accepted as Scissodesma nitida (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra nuttallii Reeve, 1854 accepted as Anatina anatina (Spengler, 1802)
Species Mactra obesa Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra abbreviata Lamarck, 1818
Species Mactra oblonga Say, 1822 accepted as Mactrotoma fragilis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra ornata Gray, 1837 accepted as Mactra achatina Holten, 1802
Species Mactra ovalina Smith, 1914 accepted as Mactrotoma antecedens (Iredale, 1930)
Species Mactra ovalina Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Mactrotoma ovalina (Lamarck, 1818 )
Species Mactra ovalis J. Sowerby, 1817 accepted as Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mactra ovalis Gould, 1839 accepted as Mactromeris polynyma (Stimpson, 1860)
Species Mactra ovata Wood, 1828 accepted as Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra paitensis Philippi, 1893 accepted as Mactrotoma velata (Philippi, 1849)
Species Mactra pallida Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 accepted as Mulinia pallida (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
Species Mactra papyracea Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Clementia papyracea (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra parkesiana Hedley, 1902 accepted as Mactrotoma explanata (Reeve, 1854)
Species Mactra paulucciae Aradas & Benoit, 1872 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mactra pellicula Reeve, 1854 accepted as Raeta pellicula (Reeve, 1854)
Species Mactra pellucida Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Standella pellucida (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra pencana Philippi, 1893 accepted as Mulinia byronensis Gray, 1837
Species Mactra pinguis Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864 accepted as Anapella cycladea (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Mactra piperata Poiret, 1786 accepted as Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)
Species Mactra planata Spengler, 1802 accepted as Lutraria complanata (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra planulata Conrad, 1837 accepted as Simomactra planulata (Conrad, 1837)
Species Mactra plicataria Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Mactrinula plicataria (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Mactra plicatilis Reeve, 1854 accepted as Tumbeziconcha plicatilis (Reeve, 1854)
Species Mactra polita Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra australis Lamarck, 1818
Species Mactra polynyma Stimpson, 1860 accepted as Mactromeris polynyma (Stimpson, 1860)
Species Mactra ponderosa Philippi, 1844 accepted as Mactromeris polynyma (Stimpson, 1860)
Species Mactra proaspersa Sacco, 1901 sensu Ardovini & al., 2004 accepted as Oxyperas egena (Reeve, 1854)
Species Mactra procera Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Mactra pulchra Gray, 1837 accepted as Mactra lilacea Lamarck, 1818
Species Mactra pulchra Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra lilacea Lamarck, 1818
Species Mactra pulla Philippi, 1849 accepted as Mactra sauliana Gray, 1838
Species Mactra purpurea Spengler, 1802 accepted as Mactra cygnus Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra radiata Donovan, 1803 accepted as Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus groenlandicus (Mohr, 1786)
Species Mactra radiata Spengler, 1802 accepted as Mactra grandis Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra radiolata Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra cygnus Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra raveneli Conrad, 1832 accepted as Spisula raveneli (Conrad, 1832)
Species Mactra recurva Wood, 1828 accepted as Anatina anatina (Spengler, 1802)
Species Mactra reevei Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra maculata Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra reevesii J. E. Gray, 1837 accepted as Mactrinula reevesii (Gray, 1837)
Species Mactra reticulata Spengler, 1802 accepted as Meropesta nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra richmondi Dall, 1894 accepted as Mactra petitii d'Orbigny, 1846
Species Mactra rodatzi Dunker, 1850 accepted as Mulinia edulis (King & Broderip, 1832)
Species Mactra rostralis Reeve, 1854 accepted as Raeta pulchella (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Species Mactra rostrata Spengler, 1802 accepted as Barymactra rostrata (Spengler, 1802)
Species Mactra rostrata Philipp, 1849 accepted as Mulinia lateralis (Say, 1822)
Species Mactra rostrata Reeve, 1854 accepted as Spisula trigonella (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Mactra rudis Hutton, 1873 accepted as Cyclomactra tristis (Reeve, 1854)
Species Mactra rufa Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mactra rufanensis Turton, 1932 accepted as Mactra ochracea Martens, 1880
Species Mactra rufescens Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Austromactra rufescens (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Mactra rugifera Dunker, 1862 accepted as Austromactra rufescens (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Mactra rugosa Helbling, 1779 accepted as Eastonia rugosa (Helbling, 1779)
Species Mactra sachalinensis Schrenck, 1862 accepted as Spisula sachalinensis (Schrenck, 1862)
Species Mactra sanctiblasii Maury, 1925 accepted as Harvella elegans (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Species Mactra sauliae Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra sauliana Gray, 1838
Species Mactra saulii Hanley, 1843 accepted as Mactra sauliana Gray, 1838
Species Mactra scalpellum Reeve, 1854 accepted as Scalpomactra scalpellum (Reeve, 1854)
Species Mactra semisulcata Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra deshayesi Mayer, 1867
Species Mactra senegalensis Philippi, 1849 accepted as Mactra glabrata Linnaeus, 1767
Species Mactra senegalensis Reeve, 1854 accepted as Tumbeziconcha senegalica (Cosel, 1995)
Species Mactra sericea Brusina, 1865 accepted as Mactra glauca Born, 1778
Species Mactra setosa Quoy & Quimard, 1835 accepted as Mactra maculata Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra sibyllae Valenciennes, 1858 accepted as Spisula sachalinensis (Schrenck, 1862)
Species Mactra silicula Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Mactrotoma angulifera (Reeve, 1854)
Species Mactra silicula Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactrotoma compressa (Spengler, 1802)
Species Mactra similis W. Wood, 1828 accepted as Mactromeris polynyma (Stimpson, 1860)
Species Mactra similis Say, 1822 accepted as Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Mactra solidissima Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Mactra spectabilis Lischke, 1871 accepted as Mactra antiquata Spengler, 1802
Species Mactra spengleri Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Scissodesma spengleri (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Mactra squalida Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Mactra maculata Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra straminea Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Scissodesma nitida (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra striata Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Atactodea striata (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra striata Spengler, 1802 accepted as Mactra olorina Philippi, 1846
Species Mactra striata Nyst, 1845 accepted as Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mactra striata T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
Species Mactra striatella Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Leptospisula nivea (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra striatula Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Mactrinula striatula (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Mactra subalata Mörch, 1860 accepted as Mactrellona subalata (Mörch, 1860)
Species Mactra subplicata Wood, 1828 accepted as Mactrinula plicataria (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Mactra subplicata Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Mactrinula striatula (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Mactra subrostrata Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra violacea Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra subtriangulata W. Wood, 1828 accepted as Paphies subtriangulata (W. Wood, 1828)
Species Mactra subtrigona Wood, 1841 accepted as Goodallia triangularis (Montagu, 1803)
Species Mactra sulcata Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827 accepted as Atactodea striata (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra sulcataria Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra chinensis Philippi, 1846
Species Mactra surinamensis Van Regteren Altena, 1968 accepted as Mactrella janeiroensis (E. A. Smith, 1915)
Species Mactra symmetrica Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra petitii d'Orbigny, 1846
Species Mactra taprobanensis W. Wood, 1828 accepted as Atactodea striata (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra taprobanensis Preston, 1904 accepted as Mactra lilacea Lamarck, 1818
Species Mactra tellinoides Conrad, 1831 accepted as Cumingia sinuosa A. Adams, 1850
Species Mactra tellinoides Pulteney, 1799 accepted as Mactrotoma dealbata (Pulteney, 1799)
Species Mactra tenera Wood, 1828 accepted as Oxyperas aspersa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Species Mactra tenuis Montagu, 1803 accepted as Abra tenuis (Montagu, 1803)
Species Mactra thracioides A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 accepted as Tumbeziconcha thracioides (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Species Mactra transversa Reeve, 1854 accepted as Oxyperas transversa (Reeve, 1854)
Species Mactra triangula Brocchi, 1814 accepted as Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
Species Mactra triangulare Hector, 1870 accepted as Mactra ordinaria E. A. Smith, 1898
Species Mactra triangularis Montagu, 1803 accepted as Goodallia triangularis (Montagu, 1803)
Species Mactra triangularis Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Oxyperas lentiginosa (Gould, 1852)
Species Mactra trigonella Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Spisula trigonella (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Mactra tristis Reeve, 1854 accepted as Cyclomactra tristis (Reeve, 1854)
Species Mactra tristis Gray accepted as Cyclomactra tristis (Reeve, 1854)
Species Mactra truncata Montagu, 1808 accepted as Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mactra tumida Spengler, 1802 accepted as Mactra turgida Gmelin, 1791
Species Mactra unicolor Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827 accepted as Scissodesma nitida (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra vanattae Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932 accepted as Mactrotoma isthmica (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
Species Mactra velata Philippi, 1849 accepted as Mactrotoma velata (Philippi, 1849)
Species Mactra veneriformis Wood, 1828 accepted as Astarte borealis (Schumacher, 1817)
Species Mactra veneriformis Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra quadrangularis Reeve, 1854
Species Mactra virgo Reeve, 1854 accepted as Mactra pura Reeve, 1854
Species Mactra vitrea Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Clementia papyracea (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mactra vitrea Spengler, 1802 accepted as Anatina vitrea (Spengler, 1802)
Species Mactra vitrea Gray, 1837 accepted as Anatina vitrea (Spengler, 1802)
Species Mactra williamsi S. S. Berry, 1960 accepted as Spisula williamsi (Berry, 1960)
Species Mactra zellwegeri Jousseaume, 1894 accepted as Mactra ochracea Martens, 1880
Species Mactra zonata Lischke, 1871 accepted as Mactra quadrangularis Reeve, 1854
Environment marine
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
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Note  Nomenclature: The official list of names in zoology(ICZN) includes the following entry:
Mactra Linnaeus, 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 1125 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Gray, 1847 (Proc. zool. Soc. London, 15: 185): Cardium stultorum Linnaeus, 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 681) (Bivalvia). Op. 94, Direction 72 [1957].
Keen (in Moore, 1969, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology p. N595) mentions an ealier designation of Cardium stultorum as the type species of Mactra.  [details]
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  Citation: Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2013). Mactra Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138158 on 2013-05-22
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