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Mactrotoma Dall, 1894
415598 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415598)
accepted
Genus
Mactra fragilis Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Mactrotoma fragilis (Gmelin, 1791) (type by original designation)
Mactra (Mactrodrerma) Dall, 1894 · unaccepted
Mactra (Mactrotoma) Dall, 1894 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Mactrotoma (Mactroderma) Dall, 1894 · unaccepted
Mactrotoma (Mactrotoma) Dall, 1894 · unaccepted
Mactrotoma (Micromactra) Dall, 1894 · unaccepted
Micromactra Dall, 1894 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Mactrotoma angulifera (Reeve, 1854)
- Species Mactrotoma angusta (Reeve, 1854)
- Species Mactrotoma antecedens (Iredale, 1930)
- Species Mactrotoma californica (Conrad, 1837)
- Species Mactrotoma compressa (L. Spengler, 1802)
- Species Mactrotoma depressa (L. Spengler, 1802)
- Species Mactrotoma explanata (Reeve, 1854)
- Species Mactrotoma fragilis (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Mactrotoma howchiniana (Tate, 1887) †
- Species Mactrotoma isthmica (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
- Species Mactrotoma janeiroensis (E. A. Smith, 1915)
- Species Mactrotoma nasuta (A. Gould, 1851)
- Species Mactrotoma quirosana (H. Hodson, 1931) †
- Species Mactrotoma surinamensis (van Regteren Altena, 1968)
- Species Mactrotoma tholoensis (Ladd, 1934) †
- Species Mactrotoma velata (R. A. Philippi, 1849)
- Species Mactrotoma vitiensis (A. M. Davies, 1927) †
- Subgenus Mactrotoma (Mactroderma) Dall, 1894 accepted as Mactrotoma Dall, 1894
- Subgenus Mactrotoma (Mactrotoma) Dall, 1894 accepted as Mactrotoma Dall, 1894
- Subgenus Mactrotoma (Micromactra) Dall, 1894 accepted as Mactrotoma Dall, 1894
- Species Mactrotoma capensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) accepted as Simomactra capensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)
- Species Mactrotoma dealbata (Pulteney, 1799) accepted as Mactrotoma fragilis (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Mactrotoma ovalina (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Standella ovalina (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mactrotoma revellei Durham, 1950 accepted as Mactrotoma nasuta (A. Gould, 1851) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mactrotoma yamamurae Habe & Kosuge, 1966 accepted as Heterocardia gibbosula Deshayes, 1855
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mactra (Mactrotoma) Dall, 1894) Dall, W. H. (1894). Synopsis of the Mactridae of North America. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 8(3): 25-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43044621
page(s): 26 [details]
page(s): 26 [details]
Nomenclature Signorelli (2021), following Petit's work on J.E. Gray's taxa (Petit, 2012) continued to treat this name as a junior...
Taxonomy Mactrotoma was treated by Signorelli (2012) as a synonym of Standella Gray, 1853, assuming as type species Mactra fragilis...
Nomenclature Signorelli (2021), following Petit's work on J.E. Gray's taxa (Petit, 2012) continued to treat this name as a junior objective synonym of Standella Gray, 1853. The matter is nomenclaturally complex and was contested by Huber (2015). It has yet to be resolved. [details]
Taxonomy Mactrotoma was treated by Signorelli (2012) as a synonym of Standella Gray, 1853, assuming as type species Mactra fragilis...
Taxonomy Mactrotoma was treated by Signorelli (2012) as a synonym of Standella Gray, 1853, assuming as type species Mactra fragilis Gmelin, 1791. However as pointed out by Dall (1898) and Huber (2015: 834), Mactra "fragilis" was misidentified in Gray (1853) and ICZN art. 70.3 applies, the intended species for Standella being Mactra pellucida Gmelin, 1791, a very different species now placed in the subfamily Lutrariinae. The type species designation under art. 70.3 was implicit from Dall (1898) and formally made by Huber (2015). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mactrotoma Dall, 1894. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415598 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Mactra (Mactrotoma) Dall, 1894) Dall, W. H. (1894). Synopsis of the Mactridae of North America. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 8(3): 25-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43044621
page(s): 26 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
page(s): 26 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Nomenclature Signorelli (2021), following Petit's work on J.E. Gray's taxa (Petit, 2012) continued to treat this name as a junior objective synonym of Standella Gray, 1853. The matter is nomenclaturally complex and was contested by Huber (2015). It has yet to be resolved. [details]Taxonomy Mactrotoma was treated by Signorelli (2012) as a synonym of Standella Gray, 1853, assuming as type species Mactra fragilis Gmelin, 1791. However as pointed out by Dall (1898) and Huber (2015: 834), Mactra "fragilis" was misidentified in Gray (1853) and ICZN art. 70.3 applies, the intended species for Standella being Mactra pellucida Gmelin, 1791, a very different species now placed in the subfamily Lutrariinae. The type species designation under art. 70.3 was implicit from Dall (1898) and formally made by Huber (2015). [details]
