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Mactromeris polynyma (W. Stimpson, 1860)

156863  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156863)

accepted
Species
Callista voyi Gabb, 1866 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mactra ovalis A. Gould, 1840 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Mactra...)  
invalid: junior homonym of Mactra ovalis J. Sowerby, 1817; Mactra polynyma is a replacement name
Mactra polynyma W. Stimpson, 1860 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Spisula polynyma (W. Stimpson, 1860) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Spisula voji [sic] · unaccepted
Spisula voyi (Gabb, 1866) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Mactra polynyma W. Stimpson, 1860) Stimpson, W. (1860). Checklist of the Shells of North America. East Coast: Arctic Seas to Georgia. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9065630
page(s): p. 3, n. 189. [details]   
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Saguenay Fjord, northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs,...  
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Saguenay Fjord, northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), Magdalen Islands (from eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), lower St. Lawrence estuary, Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), upper North Shore (between Sept- Iles and Pointe des Monts), middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands), lower north Shore; southwestern slope of NL. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Mactromeris polynyma (W. Stimpson, 1860). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156863 on 2024-03-28
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original description  (of Mactra loebbeckeana Weinkauff, 1881) Weinkauff, H. C. (1879-1884). Die Gattung Mactra. <em>In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Weinkauff, H. C., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Elften Bandes zweite Abtheilung.</em> 11(2): 1-124, pls 1-36. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe (publication dates: oo. 1-8, pls 1, 6 [1879]; pp. 9-36, pls 7-12 [1880]; 53-68, pls 13-24 [1881]; 69-92, pls 25-30 [1882]; pp. 93-124, pl2 31-36 [1884])., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34337685
page(s): 60, pl. 21 [details]   

original description  (of Mactra ovalis A. Gould, 1840) Gould, A. A. (1840). Descriptions of thirteen new species of shells. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> (1) 38: 196-197., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30966509
page(s): 196. [details]   

original description  (of Mactra polynyma W. Stimpson, 1860) Stimpson, W. (1860). Checklist of the Shells of North America. East Coast: Arctic Seas to Georgia. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9065630
page(s): p. 3, n. 189. [details]   

original description  (of Mactra ponderosa R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). <i>Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen</i>. Cassel, T. Fischer: Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): vol. 1, 165 [details]   

original description  (of Mactra similis W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199 [details]   

original description  (of Spisula vladivostokensis Bartsch, 1929) Bartsch, P. (1929). Report upon the collection of marine mollusks made by Professor Dr. K. Derjugin in the Gulf of Peter the Great. <em>Issledovaniya morei SSSR.</em> 10: 131-140, 4 pls. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Spisula (Hemimactra) polymyma alaskana 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): 40 [details]   

original description  (of Mactra (Spisula) grayana Schrenck, 1867) Schrenck, L.I. (1867). Mollusken des Amur-Landes und des Nordjapanischen Meeres. In: <i>Reisen und Forschung im Amur-Landes in den Jahren 1854–1856</i>. Bd 2, Pt 3: 259–974, pls 12–30. St Petersburg: Akademie der Wissenschaften. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32957851
page(s): 572 [details]   

original description  (of Callista voyi Gabb, 1866 †) Gabb, W. M. (1866-1869). Geological Survey of California. Palaeontology. Volume II. Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils. <em>Palaeontology. Volume II.</em> 1-38, pls. 1-13 [Feb 1866]; 39-299, pls. 14-36 [1869?]; i-xiv [1869]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2066671
page(s): 24, pl. 5 fig. 41 [details]   

basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source 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]   

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Saguenay Fjord, northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), Magdalen Islands (from eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), lower St. Lawrence estuary, Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), upper North Shore (between Sept- Iles and Pointe des Monts), middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands), lower north Shore; southwestern slope of NL. [details]

Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Reproduction separate sexes, usually not dimorphic in shell structure; fertilization occurs within the mantle cavity anf young hatch as pelagic larvae (generalized for group) [details]
LanguageName 
English Arctic surfclam  [details]

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