WoRMS taxon details
Spisula petitii (A. d'Orbigny, 1841)
505771 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505771)
accepted
Species
Mactra coquimba R. A. Philippi, 1887 · unaccepted
Mactra petitii A. d'Orbigny, 1841 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mactra richmondi Dall, 1894 · unaccepted
Mactra symmetrica Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted
Spisula richmondi (Dall, 1894) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mactra petitii A. d'Orbigny, 1841) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): pl. 77 figs 23-24 [1841]; 509, 706 [1846] [details]
page(s): pl. 77 figs 23-24 [1841]; 509, 706 [1846] [details]
Type locality contained in Rio De Janeiro
type locality contained in Rio De Janeiro [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Spisula petitii (A. d'Orbigny, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505771 on 2026-06-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mactra coquimba R. A. Philippi, 1887) Philippi, R. A. (1887). Historia natural.--Sobre los tiburones y algunos otros peces de Chile. [Plus:] Apendice sobre el peje-espada, peje-aguja, peje-perro i vieja negra. <em>Anales de la Universidad de Chile Sec.</em> 1, v. 71: 535-574, Pls. 1-8. [details]
original description (of Mactra petitii A. d'Orbigny, 1841) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): pl. 77 figs 23-24 [1841]; 509, 706 [1846] [details]
original description (of Mactra symmetrica Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mactra</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pl. 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, March 1854; pl. 1, 6-14, April 1854; pl. 15-21, May 1854]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120371 [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)
page(s): 448 [details]
original description (of Mactra petitii A. d'Orbigny, 1841) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): pl. 77 figs 23-24 [1841]; 509, 706 [1846] [details]
original description (of Mactra symmetrica Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mactra</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pl. 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, March 1854; pl. 1, 6-14, April 1854; pl. 15-21, May 1854]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120371 [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)
page(s): 448 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
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): 50-51, fig. 3.4a-b [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 50-51, fig. 3.4a-b [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Mactra symmetrica Reeve, 1854)
To Malacopics (Spisula petitii (d'Orbigny,1841) Brazil, Espírito Santo, Guarapari, by dredging, at...
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mactra richmondi Holotype USNM 124774) (from synonym Mactra richmondi Dall, 1894)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Mactra richmondi Dall, 1894)
To Malacopics (Spisula petitii (d'Orbigny,1841) Brazil, Espírito Santo, Guarapari, by dredging, at...
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mactra richmondi Holotype USNM 124774) (from synonym Mactra richmondi Dall, 1894)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Mactra richmondi Dall, 1894)
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Hosted externally
Hosted externally, from synonym
