WoRMS name details
Mactra ordinaria E. A. Smith, 1898
505681 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505681)
unaccepted (superseded combination)
Species
Mactra elegans F. W. Hutton, 1873 † · unaccepted (Invalid: not G.B. Sowerby I, 1825...)
Invalid: not G.B. Sowerby I, 1825 (homonym). Mactra ordinaria E.A. Smith 1898 is a replacment name
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Smith, E. A. (1898). On a small collection of marine shells from New Zealand and Macquarie Island, with descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 3: 20–25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32075353
page(s): 23 [details]
page(s): 23 [details]
Type locality contained in Lyttelton Harbour
type locality contained in Lyttelton Harbour [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mactra ordinaria E. A. Smith, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505681 on 2026-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Smith, E. A. (1898). On a small collection of marine shells from New Zealand and Macquarie Island, with descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 3: 20–25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32075353
page(s): 23 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 23 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Beu, A. G. (2006). Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 2. Biostratigraphically useful and new Pliocene to recent bivalves. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 36(4): 151-338., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.2006.9517808
page(s): 236 [details]
page(s): 236 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
