Mactra elliptica
creator: Tran, Bastien
creator: Huber, Markus
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: Mactra elliptica T. Brown, 1827
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mactra elliptica T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=540657 on 2026-08-29
created: 2010-11-10T16:53:17Z
is replaced by: 140300
modified: 2010-11-10T17:07:33Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Mactra elliptica T. Brown, 1827
accepted name usage ID: 140300
class: Bivalvia
family: Mactridae
genus: Mactra
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from Nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. [i–vi] + i–v pp., 52 pls [1–52, 10*, with unpaginated plate explanations].
name published in year: 1827
order: Venerida
parent name usage ID: 138158
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: T. Brown, 1827
specific epithet: elliptica
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: unaccepted