WoRMS name details
Symmorphomactra Dall, 1894
515992 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:515992)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Mactra falcata A. Gould, 1850 accepted as Simomactra falcata (A. Gould, 1850) (type by monotypy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
(of Spisula (Symmorphomactra) Dall, 1894) Dall, W. H. (1894). Synopsis of the Mactridae of northwest America, south to Panama. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 8(4): 39-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43044635
page(s): 41 [details]
page(s): 41 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Symmorphomactra Dall, 1894. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=515992 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Spisula (Symmorphomactra) Dall, 1894) Dall, W. H. (1894). Synopsis of the Mactridae of northwest America, south to Panama. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 8(4): 39-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43044635
page(s): 41 [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]
page(s): 41 [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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
