MolluscaBase taxon details
Mactra grandis Gmelin, 1791
505684 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505684)
accepted
Species
Mactra lamarckii R. A. Philippi, 1846 · unaccepted
Mactra mera Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted
Mactra radiata L. Spengler, 1802 · unaccepted
marine
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 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mactra grandis Gmelin, 1791. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505684 on 2025-09-12
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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. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Mactra mera Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mactra</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, 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 radiata L. Spengler, 1802) Spengler, L. (1802). Beskrivelse over det toskallede Conchylie-Slægt <i>Mactra</i>. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn.</em> 5(2): 92-128, pl. 3., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106425135;view=1up;seq=358 [details]
basis of record 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]
original description (of Mactra mera Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mactra</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, 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 radiata L. Spengler, 1802) Spengler, L. (1802). Beskrivelse over det toskallede Conchylie-Slægt <i>Mactra</i>. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn.</em> 5(2): 92-128, pl. 3., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106425135;view=1up;seq=358 [details]
basis of record 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Mactra mera Reeve, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Mactra mera Reeve, 1854)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mactra grandis)
To Malacopics (Mactra grandis Gmelin, 1791 Australia, Western Australia, Shark Bay, low tide, collected 1988, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Malacopics (Mactra grandis Gmelin, 1791 Philippines, Central Visayas, Cebu, Mactan Island, low tide, collected 1975, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Mactra mera Reeve, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Mactra mera Reeve, 1854)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mactra grandis)
To Malacopics (Mactra grandis Gmelin, 1791 Australia, Western Australia, Shark Bay, low tide, collected 1988, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Malacopics (Mactra grandis Gmelin, 1791 Philippines, Central Visayas, Cebu, Mactan Island, low tide, collected 1975, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
Unreviewed
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