Mactrotoma surinamensis
creator: Tran, Bastien
creator: Huber, Markus
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Gofas, Serge
date: 2026-08-29
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: Mactrotoma surinamensis (van Regteren Altena, 1968)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mactrotoma surinamensis (van Regteren Altena, 1968). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505734 on 2026-08-29
created: 2010-08-18T10:38:17Z
modified: 2017-11-09T19:52:07Z
replaces: 540823
replaces: 458132
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Mactrotoma surinamensis (van Regteren Altena, 1968)
class: Bivalvia
family: Mactridae
genus: Mactrotoma
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Petuch, E. J. (1998). The molluscan fauna of the Wawa River region, Miskito Coast, Nicaragua: ecology, biogeographical implications, and descriptions of new taxa. The Nautilus. 11(1):22-44, 49 figs.
name published in: Regteren Altena, C. O. van. (1968). The Holocene and recent marine bivalve Mollusca of Surinam. Studies on the fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas. X, 42:153-179.
name published in year: 1998
name published in year: 1968
order: Venerida
parent name usage ID: 415598
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (van Regteren Altena, 1968)
specific epithet: surinamensis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted