WoRMS name details
Mactrotoma ovalina (Lamarck, 1818)
596616 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:596616)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mactra ovalina 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): 477. [details]
page(s): 477. [details]
Taxonomic remark Signorelli (2021) referred this species to Standella based on the belief that Standella is a senior objective synonym of...
Taxonomic remark Signorelli (2021) referred this species to Standella based on the belief that Standella is a senior objective synonym of Mactrotoma - a matter that was contested by Huber (2015) and has yet to be resolved. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mactrotoma ovalina (Lamarck, 1818). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596616 on 2025-04-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mactra ovalina 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): 477. [details]
page(s): 477. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Signorelli, J.H. (2021). The family Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 (Bivalvia: Cardiida) in South African waters. <em>Malacologia.</em> 63(2): 195–223.
page(s): 208, figs 82-85 [details]
page(s): 208, figs 82-85 [details]
Other
additional source
Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 179 [details]
additional source Signorelli, J. H.; Pastorino, G. (2012). Taxonomic revision of Brazilian Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 (Bivalvia: Cardiida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3245, 30-53. [details]
page(s): 179 [details]
additional source Signorelli, J. H.; Pastorino, G. (2012). Taxonomic revision of Brazilian Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 (Bivalvia: Cardiida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3245, 30-53. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Signorelli (2021) referred this species to Standella based on the belief that Standella is a senior objective synonym of Mactrotoma - a matter that was contested by Huber (2015) and has yet to be resolved. [details]
