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Mactra Linnaeus, 1767

Mactra stultorum
Mactra stultorum

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

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Genus
Cardium stultorum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
Mactra (Mactra) Linnaeus, 1767 · alternative representation
Trigonella da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

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  1. Species Mactra corallina (Linnaeus, 1758)
  2. Species Mactra glauca Born, 1778
  3. Species Mactra lilacea Lamarck, 1818
  4. Species Mactra olorina R. A. Philippi, 1846
  5. Species Mactra paulucci Aradas & Benoit, 1871
  6. Species Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  7. Species Mactra alba W. Wood, 1802 accepted as Abra alba (W. Wood, 1802) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  8. Species Mactra alba Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Mactra corallina (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  9. Species Mactra bourguignati Locard, 1890 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  10. Species Mactra candida Nardo, 1847 accepted as Mactra corallina (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  11. Species Mactra castanea Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
  12. Species Mactra cinerea Montagu, 1808 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  13. Species Mactra compressa Pulteney, 1799 accepted as Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)
  14. Species Mactra cornea Poli, 1791 accepted as Donacilla cornea (Poli, 1791) (original combination)
  15. Species Mactra crassatella Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
  16. Species Mactra cygnea R. A. Philippi, 1844 accepted as Mactra olorina R. A. Philippi, 1846 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Mactra cygnea Lamarck, 1799 and Mactra cygnea Spengler, 1802)
  17. Species Mactra deltoides Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
  18. Species Mactra elliptica T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Spisula elliptica (T. Brown, 1827)
  19. Species Mactra euxinica Krynicki, 1837 accepted as Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  20. Species Mactra fasciata Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  21. Species Mactra glabrata Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Atactodea striata (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Mactra glabrata Linnaeus, 1767)
  22. Species Mactra gracilis Locard, 1891 accepted as Spisula elliptica (T. Brown, 1827)
  23. Species Mactra helvacea Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Mactra glauca Born, 1778
  24. Species Mactra hians Pulteney, 1799 accepted as Lutraria magna (da Costa, 1778) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  25. Species Mactra inflata Bronn, 1831 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  26. Species Mactra intermedia Aradas, 1847 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (dubious synonym)
  27. Species Mactra isthmia Jousseaume, 1888 accepted as Mactra olorina R. A. Philippi, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  28. Species Mactra lactea Poli, 1791 accepted as Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
  29. Species Mactra lactea (Poli, 1795) sensu Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (misapplication)
  30. Species Mactra lateralis Say, 1822 accepted as Mulinia lateralis (Say, 1822)
  31. Species Mactra listeri Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)
  32. Species Mactra minutissima Montagu, 1808 accepted as Goodallia triangularis (Montagu, 1803)
  33. Species Mactra neapolitana Poli, 1791 accepted as Mactra glauca Born, 1778
  34. Species Mactra ovalis J. Sowerby, 1817 † accepted as Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
  35. Species Mactra paulucciae Locard, 1890 accepted as Mactra paulucci Aradas & Benoit, 1871 (unjustified emendation of paulucci Aradas & Benoit, 1872)
  36. Species Mactra piperata Poiret, 1789 accepted as Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)
  37. Species Mactra radiata Donovan, 1803 accepted as Serripes groenlandicus (Mohr, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  38. Species Mactra rufa Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  39. Species Mactra rugosa Helbling, 1779 accepted as Eastonia rugosa (Helbling, 1779) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  40. Species Mactra sericea Brusina, 1865 accepted as Mactra glauca Born, 1778
  41. Species Mactra solida (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  42. Species Mactra striata Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Atactodea striata (Gmelin, 1791)
  43. Species Mactra striata Nyst, 1845 accepted as Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
  44. Species Mactra striata T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
  45. Species Mactra striata L. Spengler, 1802 accepted as Mactra olorina R. A. Philippi, 1846 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Mactra striata Gmelin, 1791)
  46. Species Mactra subtruncata (da Costa, 1778) accepted as Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
  47. Species Mactra tenuis Montagu, 1803 accepted as Abra tenuis (Montagu, 1803)
  48. Species Mactra triangula Brocchi, 1814 accepted as Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
  49. Species Mactra triangularis Montagu, 1803 accepted as Goodallia triangularis (Montagu, 1803)
  50. Species Mactra truncata Montagu, 1808 accepted as Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
  51. Subgenus Mactra (Mactra) Linnaeus, 1767 represented as Mactra Linnaeus, 1767
    marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
    recent + fossil
    feminine
    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] 
    MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mactra Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138158 on 2026-04-23
    Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Mactra Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138158 on 2026-04-23
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    2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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    Gofas, Serge
    2012-03-09 11:53:15Z
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    Bouchet, Philippe
    2012-03-31 12:25:37Z
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    Gofas, Serge
    2017-11-14 17:01:17Z
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    Gofas, Serge
    2019-07-26 01:12:07Z
    changed
    Marshall, Bruce
    2023-01-26 09:30:58Z
    changed
    Vinarski, Maxim

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    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] 

    original description (of Trigonella da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
    page(s): 196. [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 RoR) [details] Available for editors  PDF available
    		 
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