Mactra achatina
creator: Fondo, Esther
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: Huber, Markus
creator: Rosenberg, Gary
date: 2026-08-24
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Mactra achatina Holten, 1802
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mactra achatina Holten, 1802. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216451 on 2026-08-24
created: 1997-11-20T14:22:23Z
modified: 2010-10-03T00:08:23Z
replaces: 540575
replaces: 540716
replaces: 540738
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Mactra achatina Holten, 1802
class: Bivalvia
family: Mactridae
genus: Mactra
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Holten, H. S. 1802. Enumeratio systematica conchyliorum beat J. H. Chemnitzii quondam ecclesiae Zebaothi Havniae pastoris, plurim societum sodialis p. p. quae publica auctione venduntur die 7me Decembris ano pres. Copenhagen: K. H. Scidelini. vi + 88 pp.
name published in: Dunker, W. (1849). Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 5(12): 177-186. [published April 1849].
name published in: Gray, J. E. (1837). A synoptical catalogue of the species of certain tribes or genera of shells contained in the collection of the British Museum and the author's cabinet. Magazine of Natural History, N.S. 1: 370-376.
name published in: Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière.
name published in year: 1802
name published in year: 1849
name published in year: 1837
name published in year: 1818
order: Venerida
parent name usage ID: 138158
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: Holten, 1802
specific epithet: achatina
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted