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Mactra Linnaeus, 1767

Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 3-4 m, 23.07.2009), actual size 48 mm. E: detail of hinge, arrow indicates chondrophore
Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 3-4 m, 23.07.2009), actual size 48 mm. E: detail of hinge, arrow indicates chondrophore

138158  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138158)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Venerida (Order)
  10. Mactroidea (Superfamily)
  11. Mactridae (Family)
  12. Mactrinae (Subfamily)
  13. Mactra (Genus)
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Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] OpenAccess publication
Nomenclature The official list of names in zoology(ICZN) includes the following entry:
Mactra Linnaeus, 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12,...  
Nomenclature The official list of names in zoology(ICZN) includes the following entry:
Mactra Linnaeus, 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 1125 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Gray, 1847 (Proc. zool. Soc. London, 15: 185): Cardium stultorum Linnaeus, 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 681) (Bivalvia). Op. 94, Direction 72 [1957].
Keen (in Moore, 1969, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology p. N595) mentions an ealier designation of Cardium stultorum as the type species of Mactra.  [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mactra Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed through: Santamaría, J.; Romero, C.; Meza, M. (Eds) (2025) Peruvian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/Perms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138158 on 2025-11-12
Santamaría, J.; Romero, C.; Meza, M. (Eds) (2025). Peruvian Register of Marine Species. Mactra Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/perms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138158 on 2025-11-12
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2012-03-09 11:53:15Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2012-03-31 12:25:37Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
2017-11-14 17:01:17Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
2019-07-26 01:12:07Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce
2023-01-26 09:30:58Z
changed
Vinarski, Maxim

original description Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

additional source Kondo, Y.; Yokogawa, K.; Shiratsuchi, T. (2001). Substrate Preferences and Burrowing Ability of Donacidae and Mesodesmatidae (Bivalvia) on Beaches of Southwest Japan. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 60 (1-2): 57-69. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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Nomenclature The official list of names in zoology(ICZN) includes the following entry:
Mactra Linnaeus, 1767, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12, vol. 1, part 2, p. 1125 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Gray, 1847 (Proc. zool. Soc. London, 15: 185): Cardium stultorum Linnaeus, 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 681) (Bivalvia). Op. 94, Direction 72 [1957].
Keen (in Moore, 1969, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology p. N595) mentions an ealier designation of Cardium stultorum as the type species of Mactra.  [details]
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