WoRMS name details

Mactrotoma Dall, 1894

415598  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415598)

 unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Genus
Mactra fragilis Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Mactrotoma fragilis (Gmelin, 1791) (type by original designation)
Mactra (Mactroderma) Dall, 1894 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mactra (Mactrotoma) Dall, 1894 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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  1. Species Mactrotoma angulifera (Reeve, 1854)
  2. Species Mactrotoma angusta (Reeve, 1854)
  3. Species Mactrotoma antecedens (Iredale, 1930)
  4. Species Mactrotoma californica (Conrad, 1837)
  5. Species Mactrotoma compressa (L. Spengler, 1802)
  6. Species Mactrotoma depressa (L. Spengler, 1802)
  7. Species Mactrotoma explanata (Reeve, 1854)
  8. Species Mactrotoma fragilis (Gmelin, 1791)
  9. Species Mactrotoma isthmica (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
  10. Species Mactrotoma janeiroensis (E. A. Smith, 1915)
  11. Species Mactrotoma nasuta (A. A. Gould, 1851)
  12. Species Mactrotoma surinamensis (van Regteren Altena, 1968)
  13. Species Mactrotoma velata (R. A. Philippi, 1849)
  14. Subgenus Mactrotoma (Mactroderma) Dall, 1894 accepted as Standella J. E. Gray, 1853 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  15. Subgenus Mactrotoma (Mactrotoma) Dall, 1894 accepted as Standella J. E. Gray, 1853 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  16. Subgenus Mactrotoma (Micromactra) Dall, 1894 accepted as Standella J. E. Gray, 1853 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  17. Species Mactrotoma capensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) accepted as Simomactra capensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)
  18. Species Mactrotoma dealbata (Pulteney, 1799) accepted as Mactrotoma fragilis (Gmelin, 1791)
  19. Species Mactrotoma ovalina (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Standella ovalina (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  20. Species Mactrotoma revellei Durham, 1950 accepted as Mactrotoma nasuta (A. A. Gould, 1851) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  21. Species Mactrotoma yamamurae Habe & Kosuge, 1966 accepted as Heterocardia gibbosula Deshayes, 1855
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mactra (Mactrotoma) Dall, 1894) Dall, W. H. (1894). Synopsis of the Mactridae of North America. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 8(3): 25-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43044621
page(s): 26 [details] 
Nomenclature Signorelli (2021), following Petit's work on J.E. Gray's taxa (Petit, 2012) continued to treat this name as a junior...  
Nomenclature Signorelli (2021), following Petit's work on J.E. Gray's taxa (Petit, 2012) continued to treat this name as a junior objective synonym of Standella Gray, 1853. The matter is nomenclaturally complex and was contested by Huber (2015). It has yet to be resolved. [details]

Taxonomy Mactrotoma was treated by Signorelli (2012) as a synonym of Standella Gray, 1853, assuming as type species Mactra fragilis...  
Taxonomy Mactrotoma was treated by Signorelli (2012) as a synonym of Standella Gray, 1853, assuming as type species Mactra fragilis Gmelin, 1791. However as pointed out by Dall (1898) and Huber (2015: 834), Mactra "fragilis" was misidentified in Gray (1853) and ICZN art. 70.3 applies, the intended species for Standella being Mactra pellucida Gmelin, 1791, a very different species now placed in the subfamily Lutrariinae. The type species designation under art. 70.3 was implicit from Dall (1898) and formally made by Huber (2015).  [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mactrotoma Dall, 1894. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415598 on 2026-05-18
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Nomenclature

original description (of Mactra (Mactrotoma) Dall, 1894) Dall, W. H. (1894). Synopsis of the Mactridae of North America. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 8(3): 25-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43044621
page(s): 26 [details] 

Other

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details] 

 
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Nomenclature Signorelli (2021), following Petit's work on J.E. Gray's taxa (Petit, 2012) continued to treat this name as a junior objective synonym of Standella Gray, 1853. The matter is nomenclaturally complex and was contested by Huber (2015). It has yet to be resolved. [details]

Taxonomy Mactrotoma was treated by Signorelli (2012) as a synonym of Standella Gray, 1853, assuming as type species Mactra fragilis Gmelin, 1791. However as pointed out by Dall (1898) and Huber (2015: 834), Mactra "fragilis" was misidentified in Gray (1853) and ICZN art. 70.3 applies, the intended species for Standella being Mactra pellucida Gmelin, 1791, a very different species now placed in the subfamily Lutrariinae. The type species designation under art. 70.3 was implicit from Dall (1898) and formally made by Huber (2015).  [details]