WoRMS taxon details

Mactrotoma californica (Conrad, 1837)

505724  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505724)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Venerida (Order)
  10. Mactroidea (Superfamily)
  11. Mactridae (Family)
  12. Mactrinae (Subfamily)
  13. Mactrotoma (Genus)
  14. Mactrotoma californica (Species)
accepted
Species
Mactra californica Conrad, 1837 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Mactra californica Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 240, pl. 18 fig. 2. [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mactrotoma californica (Conrad, 1837). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505724 on 2025-08-22
Date
action
by
2010-08-18 08:38:17Z
created
Tran, Bastien
2010-09-15 11:43:10Z
checked
Huber, Markus
2012-03-09 11:53:15Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2012-08-04 19:02:26Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2017-11-09 18:52:07Z
changed
Gofas, Serge

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Nomenclature

original description (of Mactra californica Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 240, pl. 18 fig. 2. [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] 

Taxonomy

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  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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LanguageName 
English Californian mactraCalifornia surfclam  [details]
German Kalifornische Trogmuschel  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Mactra californica Conrad, 1837)
To Conchology (Mactrotoma californica) 
To Malacopics (Mactrotoma californica (Conrad, 1837) United States, California, Orange County, Corona del Mar, Newport Bay, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .) 
To ITIS
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