WoRMS taxon details
Mactra maculata Gmelin, 1791
505685 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505685)
accepted
Species
Mactra nebulosa Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827 · unaccepted
Mactra reevei Deshayes, 1854 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym (homonym)
Mactra reevei Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mactra setosa Quoy & Qaimard, 1835 · unaccepted
Mactra squalida Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted
marine
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mactra maculata Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505685 on 2026-10-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Mactra nebulosa Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827) Bory de St.-Vincent [J.B.G.M.]. (1827). <i>Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers</i>. Tome 1: part 29, pp. 83-84, 133-180 [Livraison 98, 27 September 1827]. Paris: Vve Agasse [Date after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 207]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114203
page(s): 151 [details]
original description (of Mactra reevei Deshayes, 1854) Deshayes, G. P. (1854). Descriptions of fourteen new species of <i>Mactra</i>, in the collection of Mr. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1853) 21: 14-17. [published 27 June 1854 (pp. 14-16); 13 July 1854 (p. 17)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747131
page(s): 15 (July) [details]
original description (of Mactra squalida Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 478 [details]
original description (of Mactra setosa Quoy & Qaimard, 1835) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132 [details]
original description (of Mactra reevei Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mactra</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pl. 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, March 1854; pl. 1, 6-14, April 1854; pl. 15-21, May 1854]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120371
page(s): pl. 16, sp. 85 (May) [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Mactra nebulosa Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827) Bory de St.-Vincent [J.B.G.M.]. (1827). <i>Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers</i>. Tome 1: part 29, pp. 83-84, 133-180 [Livraison 98, 27 September 1827]. Paris: Vve Agasse [Date after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 207]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114203
page(s): 151 [details]
original description (of Mactra reevei Deshayes, 1854) Deshayes, G. P. (1854). Descriptions of fourteen new species of <i>Mactra</i>, in the collection of Mr. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1853) 21: 14-17. [published 27 June 1854 (pp. 14-16); 13 July 1854 (p. 17)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747131
page(s): 15 (July) [details]
original description (of Mactra squalida Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 478 [details]
original description (of Mactra setosa Quoy & Qaimard, 1835) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132 [details]
original description (of Mactra reevei Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mactra</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pl. 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, March 1854; pl. 1, 6-14, April 1854; pl. 15-21, May 1854]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120371
page(s): pl. 16, sp. 85 (May) [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
[request]
additional source Zhang, J.-L. Zhang, S.-P. & Wang, S.-S. (2025). Illustrations of the superfamily Mactroidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of China seas. <em>Ocean Press, Beijing.</em> 1-265. [details]
[request]additional source Zhang, J.-L. Zhang, S.-P. & Wang, S.-S. (2025). Illustrations of the superfamily Mactroidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of China seas. <em>Ocean Press, Beijing.</em> 1-265. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | リュウキュウバカガイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Mactra maculata GIANT)
To Conchology (Mactra maculata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mactra maculata)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Mactra maculata Gmelin, 1791 Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara, Bali, Candidasa, on sand, by...
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Mactra maculata GIANT)
To Conchology (Mactra maculata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mactra maculata)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Mactra maculata Gmelin, 1791 Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara, Bali, Candidasa, on sand, by...
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