WoRMS taxon details
Mactra corallina (Linnaeus, 1758)
151616 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151616)
accepted
Species
Cardium corallinum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mactra alba Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mactra candida Nardo, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mactra corallina corallina (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded rank
Mactra lactea Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Mactra corallina corallina (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Mactra corallina (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Variety Mactra corallina var. atlantica Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Mactra corallina var. grangeri Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Mactra corallina var. lignaria Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Mactra corallina var. lignaria Monterosato, 1878 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Variety Mactra corallina var. oceanica Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Mactra corallina var. trigona Pallary, 1938 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (invalid; not Anton, 1838)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cardium corallinum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
page(s): 680 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 680 [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomic remark This is the white colored Mactra from the Mediterranean to southern Portugal.
Taxonomic remark This is the white colored Mactra from the Mediterranean to southern Portugal. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mactra corallina (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151616 on 2026-04-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cardium corallinum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
page(s): 680 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Mactra alba 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): 477. [details]
original description (of Mactra candida Nardo, 1847) Nardo, G.D. (1847). Sinonimia Moderna delle Specie Regisrate nell'Opera Intitolata: Descrizione de'Crostacei, de'Testacei e de'Pesci che Abitano le Lagune e Golfo Veneto Rappressentati in Figure, a Chiaro-scuro ed a Colori dall'Abate Stefano Chiereghini Ven. Clodiense. <em>Antonelli: Venezia.</em> [According to Carlo Froglia, the Prospetto and the Sinonimia were published simultaneously; the Sinonimia is here considered to have priority.]., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=wU09AAAAYAAJ [details]
original description (of Mactra lactea Gmelin, 1791) 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
page(s): 3258. [details]
page(s): 680 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Mactra alba 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): 477. [details]
original description (of Mactra candida Nardo, 1847) Nardo, G.D. (1847). Sinonimia Moderna delle Specie Regisrate nell'Opera Intitolata: Descrizione de'Crostacei, de'Testacei e de'Pesci che Abitano le Lagune e Golfo Veneto Rappressentati in Figure, a Chiaro-scuro ed a Colori dall'Abate Stefano Chiereghini Ven. Clodiense. <em>Antonelli: Venezia.</em> [According to Carlo Froglia, the Prospetto and the Sinonimia were published simultaneously; the Sinonimia is here considered to have priority.]., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=wU09AAAAYAAJ [details]
original description (of Mactra lactea Gmelin, 1791) 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
page(s): 3258. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms.</i> Harxheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6). [Tellinidae by M. Huber, A. Langleit & K. Kreipl, pp. 167-297, 564-746].
page(s): 833.; note: This is the white colored Mactra from the Mediterranean to southern Portugal. [details]
page(s): 833.; note: This is the white colored Mactra from the Mediterranean to southern Portugal. [details]
Other
additional source
Guarniero, I.; Plazzi, F.; Bonfitto, A.; Rinaldi, A.; Trentini, M.; Passamonti, M. (2010). The bivalve mollusc <i>Mactra corallina</i>: genetic evidence of existing sibling species. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 90(03): 633., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315409991032
note: Discriminated white Mediterranean Mactra specimens on genetic grounds from the rayed specimens [details]
note: Discriminated white Mediterranean Mactra specimens on genetic grounds from the rayed specimens [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark This is the white colored Mactra from the Mediterranean to southern Portugal. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | midhja lugë | [details] |
| Dutch | grote strandschelpgrote gestreepte trogschelp | [details] |
| English | rayed trough-shell | [details] |
| French | mactre coralline | [details] |
| German | gemeine Trogmuschel | [details] |
| Portuguese | almeijola | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (57 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (90 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mactra corallina)
To GenBank (88 nucleotides; 44 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cardium corallinum Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Mactra candida Nardo, 1847)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (90 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mactra corallina)
To GenBank (88 nucleotides; 44 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cardium corallinum Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Mactra candida Nardo, 1847)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
