WoRMS name details
Mactra veneriformis Reeve, 1854
540845 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:540845)
unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: a junior homonym of Mactra veneriformis W. Wood, 1828)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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
page(s): pl. 13 species no. 63; note: name attributed by Reeve to Deshayes [details]
page(s): pl. 13 species no. 63; note: name attributed by Reeve to Deshayes [details]
Type locality contained in Swan River
type locality contained in Swan River [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mactra veneriformis Reeve, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=540845 on 2026-04-11
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Nomenclature
original description
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
page(s): pl. 13 species no. 63; note: name attributed by Reeve to Deshayes [details]
page(s): pl. 13 species no. 63; note: name attributed by Reeve to Deshayes [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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
Ujino, S.; Matsukuma, A. (2009). Trends in Life Orientations of Nine Infaunal Bivalve Species Based on Quantitative Measurement Data. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 68 (1-2): 39-54. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Deshayes, G. P. (1854). Descriptions of fourteen new species of <i>Mactra</i>, in the collection of Mr. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1853) 21: 14-17. [published 27 June 1854 (pp. 14-16); 13 July 1854 (p. 17)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747131
page(s): 15 [details]
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Deshayes, G. P. (1854). Descriptions of fourteen new species of <i>Mactra</i>, in the collection of Mr. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1853) 21: 14-17. [published 27 June 1854 (pp. 14-16); 13 July 1854 (p. 17)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747131
page(s): 15 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | シオフキ | [details] |
