MolluscaBase taxon details
Maorimactra ordinaria (E. A. Smith, 1898)
724054 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:724054)
accepted
Species
Mactra (Maorimactra) ordinaria E. A. Smith, 1898 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Mactra elegans F. W. Hutton, 1873 † · unaccepted (Invalid: not G.B. Sowerby I, 1825...)
Invalid: not G.B. Sowerby I, 1825 (homonym). Mactra ordinaria E.A. Smith 1898 is a replacment name
Mactra ordinaria E. A. Smith, 1898 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Mactra ordinaria E. A. Smith, 1898) Smith, E. A. (1898). On a small collection of marine shells from New Zealand and Macquarie Island, with descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 3: 20–25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32075353
page(s): 23 [details]
page(s): 23 [details]
Type locality contained in Lyttelton Harbour, New Zealand Exclusive...
type locality contained in Lyttelton Harbour [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [details]
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Maorimactra ordinaria (E. A. Smith, 1898). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724054 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Mactra ordinaria E. A. Smith, 1898) Smith, E. A. (1898). On a small collection of marine shells from New Zealand and Macquarie Island, with descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 3: 20–25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32075353
page(s): 23 [details]
original description (of Mactra elegans F. W. Hutton, 1873 †) Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the Tertiary Mollusca and Echinodermata of New Zealand, in the collection of the Colonial Museum. <em>Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.</em> xvi + 48 pp.
page(s): 19 [details]
basis of record Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
page(s): 23 [details]
original description (of Mactra elegans F. W. Hutton, 1873 †) Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the Tertiary Mollusca and Echinodermata of New Zealand, in the collection of the Colonial Museum. <em>Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.</em> xvi + 48 pp.
page(s): 19 [details]
basis of record Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Malacopics (Maorimactra ordinaria (E.A.Smith,1898) New Zealand, Canterbury, Christchurch, Lyttelton Harbour)
To Malacopics (Maorimactra ordinaria (E.A.Smith,1898) New Zealand, Gisborne, Eastcape, Hicks Bay)
To Malacopics (Maorimactra ordinaria (E.A.Smith,1898) New Zealand, Gisborne, Eastcape, Hicks Bay)
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