Mactra

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Mactra
Temporal range: Eocene–Present
Mactra corallina.jpg
Mactra stultorum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily:
Family: Mactridae
Genus: Mactra
Linnaeus, 1767
Species

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Synonyms
  • Colorimactra Iredale, 1929
  • Deikea Mayer-Eymar, 1872
  • Mactra (Mactra) Linnaeus, 1767· accepted, alternate representation
  • Mactra (Maorimactra) Finlay, 1928· accepted, alternate representation
  • Mactra (Nannomactra) Iredale, 1930· accepted, alternate representation
  • Nannomactra Iredale, 1930
  • Telemactra Iredale, 1929
  • Trigonella da Costa, 1778

Mactra is a large genus of medium-sized marine bivalve mollusks or clams, commonly known as trough shells or duck clams. Mactra is the type genus within the family Mactridae.[1]

The word "trough" in the common name refers to the fact that all Mactra shells have a large ligamental pit at the hinge line, which in life contains a large internal ligament. Most bivalves in other families have an external ligament instead.

Species[]

Mactra glauca
Species brought into synonymy
  • Mactra acutissima Cosel, 1995: synonym of (Cosel, 1995)
  • Mactra angolensis Cosel, 1995: synonym of (Cosel, 1995)
  • Mactra discors Gray, 1873: synonym of (Gray, 1837)
  • Mactra inconstans Cosel, 1995: synonym of (Cosel, 1995)
  • Mactra micronitida Cosel, 1995: synonym of (Cosel, 1995)
  • Mactra murchisoni Deshayes, 1854 : synonym of (Reeve, 1854)
  • Mactra nitida Spengler, 1786: synonym of (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Mactra ordinaria (E.A.Smith, 1898) : synonym of (E. A. Smith, 1898)
  • Mactra ovata (Gray, 1843) : synonym of Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Mactra rostrata Spengler, 1802: synonym of (Spengler, 1802)
  • Mactra silicula Reeve, 1854: synonym of (Spengler, 1802)
  • Mactra tristis (Reeve, 1854): synonym of (Reeve, 1854)
  • Mactra vitrea Gray, 1837: synonym of (M. Huber, 2015)

References[]

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mactra Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138158 on 2021-06-03
  • "Mactra". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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