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WoRMS taxon details

Austromactra rufescens (Lamarck, 1818)

AphiaID

505651 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505651)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Austromactra Iredale, 1930

Original name

Mactra rufescens Lamarck, 1818

Synonymised names

Mactra rufescens Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Mactra rugifera Dunker, 1862 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Mactra rufescens Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, J.B.P. de. (1815 - 1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels; enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. [Natural history of invertebrate animals, presenting the general and particular characteristics of these animals, their distribution, their classes, their families, their genera, and the citation of the principal species which relate to them; preceded by an introduction offering the determination of the essential characteristics of the animal, its distinction from the plant and other natural bodies; finally, the exposition of the fundamental principles of zoology. In: Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, Paris. 7 volumes. Vol. 1 [Introduction]: Verdière, i-xvi, 1-462 [March 1815]; Vol. 2 [les Polypes, les Radiaires]: Verdière, 1-568 [March 1816]; Vol. 3 [suite des Radiaires; les Tuniciers; les Vers]: Verdière, 1-586 [August, 1816]; Vol. 4: Deterville/Verdière, 1-603 [April 1817]; Vol. 5 [les Arachnides; les Crustacés; les Annélides; les Cirrhipèdes; les Conchiferes]: Paris, Deterville/Verdière, 1-612 [25 July 1818]; Vol. 6(1) [suite des Conchifères; Les Mollusques]: published by the author, i-vi, 1-343 [June 1819]; Vol. 6(2) (suite): published by the author, 1-232 [April 1822]; Vol. 7 (suite): published by the author, 1-711. [August 1822]., available online at https://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.40014 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Austromactra rufescens (Lamarck, 1818). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505651 on 2026-08-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-08-18 08:38:17Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-09-15 11:43:10Z

checked

Huber, Markus

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Mactra rufescens Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, J.B.P. de. (1815 - 1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels; enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. [Natural history of invertebrate animals, presenting the general and particular characteristics of these animals, their distribution, their classes, their families, their genera, and the citation of the principal species which relate to them; preceded by an introduction offering the determination of the essential characteristics of the animal, its distinction from the plant and other natural bodies; finally, the exposition of the fundamental principles of zoology. In: Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, Paris. 7 volumes. Vol. 1 [Introduction]: Verdière, i-xvi, 1-462 [March 1815]; Vol. 2 [les Polypes, les Radiaires]: Verdière, 1-568 [March 1816]; Vol. 3 [suite des Radiaires; les Tuniciers; les Vers]: Verdière, 1-586 [August, 1816]; Vol. 4: Deterville/Verdière, 1-603 [April 1817]; Vol. 5 [les Arachnides; les Crustacés; les Annélides; les Cirrhipèdes; les Conchiferes]: Paris, Deterville/Verdière, 1-612 [25 July 1818]; Vol. 6(1) [suite des Conchifères; Les Mollusques]: published by the author, i-vi, 1-343 [June 1819]; Vol. 6(2) (suite): published by the author, 1-232 [April 1822]; Vol. 7 (suite): published by the author, 1-711. [August 1822]., available online at https://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.40014 [details]

original description (of Mactra rugifera Dunker, 1862) Dunker, W. (1858-1871). Novitates Conchologicae. Mollusca Marina. Beschreibung und Abbildung neuer oder wenig gekannter Meeres-Conchylien. Abt. II: Meeres Conchylien. iv + 144 pp., 45 pls. Theodor Fischer, Cassel. [pp. 1-32, pls 1-9 (1858); 33-42, pls 10-12 (1862); 43-58, pls 13-18 (1863); 59-66, pls 19-21 (1864); 67-82, pls 22-27 (1865); 83-90, pls 28-30 (1866); 91-106, pls 31-36 (1867); 107-120, pls 37-39 (1868); 121-126, pls 41-42 (1869); 127-134, pls 43-45 (1871); 135-144 (1870)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982220
page(s): 41 [details]

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]