WoRMS name details

Mactra aspersa G. B. Sowerby I, 1825

540593  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:540593)

  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)
  14. Mactra aspersa (Species)
 unaccepted
Species
marine
Sowerby I, G. B. (1825). <i>A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville: arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species</i>- London, vii + 92 + xxxiv pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27372421
page(s): appendix p. ii [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mactra aspersa G. B. Sowerby I, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=540593 on 2025-05-03
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2010-11-10 15:53:17Z
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Tran, Bastien
2010-11-10 16:07:33Z
checked
Huber, Markus

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Nomenclature

original description Sowerby I, G. B. (1825). <i>A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville: arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species</i>- London, vii + 92 + xxxiv pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27372421
page(s): appendix p. ii [details] 

basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source 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] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 

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