WoRMS taxon details
Mactra glauca Born, 1778
140297 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140297)
accepted
Species
Mactra epidermia Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted
Mactra glauca var. luteola Jeffreys, 1864 · unaccepted
Mactra helvacea Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted
Mactra neapolitana Poli, 1791 · unaccepted
Mactra sericea Brusina, 1865 · unaccepted
Mulinia edulis f. epidermia (Reeve, 1854) · unaccepted
- Variety Mactra glauca var. luteola Jeffreys, 1864 accepted as Mactra glauca Born, 1778
marine
Born, I. von. (1778). <i>Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis</i>. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 40 [details]
page(s): 40 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mactra glauca Born, 1778. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140297 on 2026-07-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Born, I. von. (1778). <i>Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis</i>. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 40 [details]
original description (of Mactra helvacea 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): 473 [details]
original description (of Mactra neapolitana Poli, 1791) Poli J.X. (1791). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata.</i> Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae. Vol. 1: pp. i-lxxiii, [1-6], i-x, 1-90, 1-50, [1], 1-74, pls 1-18. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019471 [details]
original description (of Mactra sericea Brusina, 1865) Brusina, S. (1865). Conchiglie dalmate inedite. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-botanisch Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 15: 3-42., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16400444 [details]
original description (of Mactra epidermia 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): plate 3, species 11 [details]
original description (of Mactra glauca var. luteola Jeffreys, 1864) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 426 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 40 [details]
original description (of Mactra helvacea 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): 473 [details]
original description (of Mactra neapolitana Poli, 1791) Poli J.X. (1791). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata.</i> Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae. Vol. 1: pp. i-lxxiii, [1-6], i-x, 1-90, 1-50, [1], 1-74, pls 1-18. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019471 [details]
original description (of Mactra sericea Brusina, 1865) Brusina, S. (1865). Conchiglie dalmate inedite. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-botanisch Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 15: 3-42., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16400444 [details]
original description (of Mactra epidermia 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): plate 3, species 11 [details]
original description (of Mactra glauca var. luteola Jeffreys, 1864) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 426 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Eschner, A.; Albano, P. G.; Mason, K.; Gallmetzer, I. (2025). An illustrated type catalogue of Born's collection at the Natural History Museum Vienna. Part 1: Mollusca (Bivalvia and Scaphopoda), Brachiopoda. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 101(4): 1691-1745., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.161837
page(s): 1725, fig. 27 [holotype figured] [details] Available for editors
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redescription Born, I. von. (1780). <i>Testacea Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis, quæ jussu Mariæ Theresiæ Augustæ disposuit et descripsit</i>. pp. i-xxxvi [= 1-36], 1-442, 1-18 pls. Vindobonæ [Vienna]: J. P. Kraus. , available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN574450726
page(s): 51, pl. 3 figs 11-12 [details]
page(s): 1725, fig. 27 [holotype figured] [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Born, I. von. (1780). <i>Testacea Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis, quæ jussu Mariæ Theresiæ Augustæ disposuit et descripsit</i>. pp. i-xxxvi [= 1-36], 1-442, 1-18 pls. Vindobonæ [Vienna]: J. P. Kraus. , available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN574450726
page(s): 51, pl. 3 figs 11-12 [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (129 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Mactra helvacea Lamarck, 1818)
To Conchology (Mactra glauca GIANT)
To Conchology (Mactra glauca LARGE)
To Conchology (Mactra glauca)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mactra glauca)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Mactra glauca Born, 1778 Netherlands, Zeeland, Walcheren, Domburg)
To Malacopics (Mactra glauca Born, 1778 North Sea, Dogger Bank, at 54 m depth, collected October 1...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Mactra helvacea Lamarck, 1818)
To PESI (from synonym Mactra neapolitana Poli, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Mactra sericea Brusina, 1865)
To PESI (from synonym Mactra glauca var. luteola Jeffreys, 1864)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (129 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Mactra helvacea Lamarck, 1818)
To Conchology (Mactra glauca GIANT)
To Conchology (Mactra glauca LARGE)
To Conchology (Mactra glauca)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mactra glauca)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Mactra glauca Born, 1778 Netherlands, Zeeland, Walcheren, Domburg)
To Malacopics (Mactra glauca Born, 1778 North Sea, Dogger Bank, at 54 m depth, collected October 1...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Mactra helvacea Lamarck, 1818)
To PESI (from synonym Mactra neapolitana Poli, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Mactra sericea Brusina, 1865)
To PESI (from synonym Mactra glauca var. luteola Jeffreys, 1864)
To ITIS
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