WoRMS name details
Micromactra Dall, 1894
456468 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456468)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Mactra californica Conrad, 1837 accepted as Mactrella californica (Conrad, 1837) accepted as Mactrotoma californica (Conrad, 1837) (type by monotypy)
- Species Micromactra miskito Petuch, 1998 accepted as Mactrotoma surinamensis (van Regteren Altena, 1968) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mactra (Micromactra) Dall, 1894) Dall, W. H. (1894). Synopsis of the Mactridae of northwest America, south to Panama. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 8(4): 39-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43044635
page(s): 40 [details]
page(s): 40 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Micromactra Dall, 1894. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456468 on 2026-05-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mactra (Micromactra) Dall, 1894) Dall, W. H. (1894). Synopsis of the Mactridae of northwest America, south to Panama. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 8(4): 39-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43044635
page(s): 40 [details]
page(s): 40 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Signorelli, J. H. (2019). <i>The superfamily Mactroidea (Mollusca:Bivalvia) in American waters</i>. Springer, Cham, xii + 151 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29097-9
page(s): 56 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy 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]. [details]
page(s): 56 [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy 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]. [details]
Other
additional source
Signorelli, J. H. (2012). The molluscan genera <i> Mactrella</i> and <i>Mactrinula</i>: Taxonomic revision and redescription of type species. <em>Malacologia.</em> 55(2): 191-202., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.055.0201
note: treated as a synonym of Mactrella J. E. Gray, 1853 [details] Available for editors [request]
note: treated as a synonym of Mactrella J. E. Gray, 1853 [details] Available for editors
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