WoRMS taxon details
Mactra violacea Gmelin, 1791
505686 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505686)
accepted
Species
Mactra subrostrata Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted
marine
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mactra violacea Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505686 on 2025-08-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Mactra subrostrata 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 [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 subrostrata 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 [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications)
To Conchology (Mactra violacea)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mactra violacea)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Mactra violacea Gmelin, 1791 Malaysia, Sabah, Pantai Dalit, 45 km N of Kota Kinabalu, at low tide on the beach, collected August 2002, ex coll. J.N.J. Post)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications)
To Conchology (Mactra violacea)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mactra violacea)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Mactra violacea Gmelin, 1791 Malaysia, Sabah, Pantai Dalit, 45 km N of Kota Kinabalu, at low tide on the beach, collected August 2002, ex coll. J.N.J. Post)
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