North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Mactromeris polynyma (W. Stimpson, 1860)

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Mactromeris Conrad, 1868

Original name

Mactra polynyma W. Stimpson, 1860

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

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

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mactromeris polynyma (W. Stimpson, 1860). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=156863 on 2026-10-12

Regional species database citation

NARMS (2026). Mactromeris polynyma (W. Stimpson, 1860). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=156863 on 2026-10-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-20 07:57:29Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-03-31 06:40:42Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

2022-09-13 15:49:38Z

changed

Vos, Chris

2024-03-18 08:58:00Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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

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

additional source Huber, M. (2010). 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. 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. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors