MolluscaBase taxon details
Mactra achatina Holten, 1802
216451 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216451)
accepted
Species
Mactra adspersa Dunker, 1849 · unaccepted
Mactra maculosa Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted
Mactra ornata Gray, 1837 · unaccepted
marine
Holten, H. S. 1802. Enumeratio systematica conchyliorum beat J. H. Chemnitzii quondam ecclesiae Zebaothi Havniae pastoris, plurim societum sodialis p. p. quae publica auctione venduntur die 7me Decembris ano pres. Copenhagen: K. H. Scidelini. vi + 88 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46195957
page(s): 14 [details]
page(s): 14 [details]
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original description
Holten, H. S. 1802. Enumeratio systematica conchyliorum beat J. H. Chemnitzii quondam ecclesiae Zebaothi Havniae pastoris, plurim societum sodialis p. p. quae publica auctione venduntur die 7me Decembris ano pres. Copenhagen: K. H. Scidelini. vi + 88 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46195957
page(s): 14 [details]
original description (of Mactra adspersa Dunker, 1849) Dunker, W. (1849). Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 5(12): 177-186. [published April 1849]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292371
page(s): 186 [details]
original description (of Mactra maculosa 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): 474 [details]
original description (of Mactra ornata Gray, 1837) Gray, J. E. (1837). A synoptical catalogue of the species of certain tribes or genera of shells contained in the collection of the British Museum and the author's cabinet. <em>Magazine of Natural History, N.S.</em> 1: 370-376., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2334415
page(s): 371 [details]
basis of record Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 154 [details]
page(s): 14 [details]
original description (of Mactra adspersa Dunker, 1849) Dunker, W. (1849). Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 5(12): 177-186. [published April 1849]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292371
page(s): 186 [details]
original description (of Mactra maculosa 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): 474 [details]
original description (of Mactra ornata Gray, 1837) Gray, J. E. (1837). A synoptical catalogue of the species of certain tribes or genera of shells contained in the collection of the British Museum and the author's cabinet. <em>Magazine of Natural History, N.S.</em> 1: 370-376., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2334415
page(s): 371 [details]
basis of record Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 154 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Mactra ornata Gray, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Mactra ornata Gray, 1837)
To Conchology (Mactra achatina RED)
To Conchology (Mactra achatina)
To Malacopics (Mactra achatina Holten, 182 Australia, Queensland, Dingo Beach, low tide, collected...
To Malacopics (Mactra achatina Holten, 182 Australia, Western Australia, Broome, at 12 m depth, co...
To Malacopics (Mactra achatina Holten, 182 Egypt, Jan?b S?n?’, Gulf of Aqaba, Dahab, beached, coll...
To MNHN Fossil collection (Mactra achatina HOLTEN, 1802; Figuré; F.A26751)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Mactra ornata Gray, 1837)
To Conchology (Mactra achatina RED)
To Conchology (Mactra achatina)
To Malacopics (Mactra achatina Holten, 182 Australia, Queensland, Dingo Beach, low tide, collected...
To Malacopics (Mactra achatina Holten, 182 Australia, Western Australia, Broome, at 12 m depth, co...
To Malacopics (Mactra achatina Holten, 182 Egypt, Jan?b S?n?’, Gulf of Aqaba, Dahab, beached, coll...
To MNHN Fossil collection (Mactra achatina HOLTEN, 1802; Figuré; F.A26751)
.jpg "To Malacopics (Mactra achatina Holten, 182 Australia, Queensland, Dingo Beach, low tide, collected...")
.jpg "To Malacopics (Mactra achatina Holten, 182 Egypt, Jan?b S?n?’, Gulf of Aqaba, Dahab, beached, coll...")
