MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Mactra corallina (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Mactra corallina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Mactra corallina (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

AphiaID

151616 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151616)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Mactra Linnaeus, 1767

Original name

Cardium corallinum Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Cardium corallinum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Mactra alba Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Mactra candida Nardo, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Variety Mactra corallina var. atlantica Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Variety Mactra corallina var. grangeri Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Variety Mactra corallina var. lignaria Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Mactra corallina var. lignaria Monterosato, 1878 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Variety Mactra corallina var. oceanica Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Variety Mactra corallina var. trigona Pallary, 1938 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (invalid; not Anton, 1838)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Cardium corallinum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 680 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mactra corallina (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=151616 on 2026-05-30

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Mactra corallina (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151616 on 2026-05-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-06 17:26:17Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-09-22 12:27:20Z

changed

Appeltans, Ward

2015-12-28 17:57:31Z

checked

Gofas, Serge

2022-10-23 12:00:48Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

Licensing

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original description (of Cardium corallinum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 680 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Mactra alba Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 477. [details]

original description (of Mactra candida Nardo, 1847) Nardo, G.D. (1847). Sinonimia Moderna delle Specie Regisrate nell'Opera Intitolata: Descrizione de'Crostacei, de'Testacei e de'Pesci che Abitano le Lagune e Golfo Veneto Rappressentati in Figure, a Chiaro-scuro ed a Colori dall'Abate Stefano Chiereghini Ven. Clodiense. Antonelli: Venezia. [According to Carlo Froglia, the Prospetto and the Sinonimia were published simultaneously; the Sinonimia is here considered to have priority.]., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=wU09AAAAYAAJ [details]

additional source Guarniero, I.; Plazzi, F.; Bonfitto, A.; Rinaldi, A.; Trentini, M.; Passamonti, M. (2010). The bivalve mollusc Mactra corallina: genetic evidence of existing sibling species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 90(03): 633., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315409991032
note: Discriminated white Mediterranean Mactra specimens on genetic grounds from the rayed specimens [details]

status source Huber M. (2015). Compendium of bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6). [Tellinidae by M. Huber, A. Langleit & K. Kreipl, pp. 167-297, 564-746].
page(s): 833.; note: This is the white colored Mactra from the Mediterranean to southern Portugal. [details]

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
Dutch	grote strandschelp	[details]
English	rayed trough-shell	[details]
French	mactre coralline	[details]
German	gemeine Trogmuschel	[details]

To Barcode of Life (57 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (90 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mactra corallina)
To GenBank (88 nucleotides; 44 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cardium corallinum Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Mactra candida Nardo, 1847)
To ITIS

From editor or global species database

Mactra corallina (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 corallina