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Mactra corallina (Linnaeus, 1758)
151616 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151616)
accepted
Species
Cardium corallinum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mactra alba Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted
Mactra candida Nardo, 1847 · unaccepted
Mactra corallina corallina (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mactra lactea Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Mactra corallina corallina (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Mactra corallina (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subspecies Mactra corallina plistoneerlandica van Regteren Altena, 1937 † accepted as Mactra plistoneerlandica van Regteren Altena, 1937 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- 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 Monterosato, 1878 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (nomen nudum)
- Variety Mactra corallina var. lignaria Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896 accepted as Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- 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)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cardium corallinum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 680 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 680 [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomic remark This is the white colored Mactra from the Mediterranean to southern Portugal.
Taxonomic remark This is the white colored Mactra from the Mediterranean to southern Portugal. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mactra corallina (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151616 on 2025-09-10
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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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 680 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Mactra alba Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. 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. <em>Antonelli: Venezia.</em> [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]
original description (of Mactra lactea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3258. [details]
status source Huber M. (2015). <i>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.</i> ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297].
page(s): 833.; note: This is the white colored Mactra from the Mediterranean to southern Portugal. [details]
page(s): 680 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Mactra alba Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. 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. <em>Antonelli: Venezia.</em> [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]
original description (of Mactra lactea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3258. [details]
status source Huber M. (2015). <i>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.</i> ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297].
page(s): 833.; note: This is the white colored Mactra from the Mediterranean to southern Portugal. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomic remark This is the white colored Mactra from the Mediterranean to southern Portugal. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | midhja lugë | [details] |
| Dutch | grote strandschelpgrote gestreepte trogschelp | [details] |
| English | rayed trough-shell | [details] |
| French | mactre coralline | [details] |
| German | gemeine Trogmuschel | [details] |
| Portuguese | almeijola | [details] |
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