MolluscaBase - Mactra cygnus 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. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mactra cygnus Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505683 on 2025-05-17

Taxonomic edit history

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2010-08-18 08:38:17Z

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Tran, Bastien

2010-09-15 11:43:10Z

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Huber, Markus

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Nomenclature

original description 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. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

original description (of Mactra attenuata Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus Mactra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pl. 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, March 1854; pl. 1, 6-14, April 1854; pl. 15-21, May 1854]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120371
page(s): pl. 18, species 97; note: ex Deshayes ms. [details]

original description (of Mactra corbiculoides Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus Mactra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pl. 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, March 1854; pl. 1, 6-14, April 1854; pl. 15-21, May 1854]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120371
page(s): pl. 18, species 98; note: ex Deshayes ms. [details]

original description (of Mactra cygnea Spengler, 1802) Spengler, L. (1802). Beskrivelse over det toskallede Conchylie-Slægt Mactra. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn. 5(2): 92-128, pl. 3., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106425135;view=1up;seq=358 [details]

original description (of Mactra hepatica Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus Mactra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pl. 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, March 1854; pl. 1, 6-14, April 1854; pl. 15-21, May 1854]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120371 [details]

original description (of Mactra intuspicta Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1855). Descriptions of new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 22 (1854): 62–72., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747443
page(s): 64 [details]

original description (of Mactra purpurea Spengler, 1802) Spengler, L. (1802). Beskrivelse over det toskallede Conchylie-Slægt Mactra. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn. 5(2): 92-128, pl. 3., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106425135;view=1up;seq=358 [details]

original description (of Mactra radiolata Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus Mactra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pl. 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, March 1854; pl. 1, 6-14, April 1854; pl. 15-21, May 1854]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120371 [details]

original description (of Mactra attenuata Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1855). Descriptions of new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 22 (1854): 62–72., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747443
page(s): 62 [details]

original description (of Mactra corbiculoides Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1855). Descriptions of new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 22 (1854): 62–72., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747443
page(s): 62 [details]

original description (of Mactra hepatica Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1855). Descriptions of new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 22 (1854): 62–72., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747443
page(s): 63 [details]

original description (of Mactra incongrua Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1855). Descriptions of new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 22 (1854): 62–72., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747443
page(s): 64 [details]

original description (of Mactra radiolata Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1855). Descriptions of new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 22 (1854): 62–72., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747443
page(s): 65 [details]

original description (of Mactra incongrua Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus Mactra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pl. 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, March 1854; pl. 1, 6-14, April 1854; pl. 15-21, May 1854]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120371 [details]

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]