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Mactridae Lamarck, 1809

230 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:230)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Bivalvia
  5. Autobranchia
  6. Heteroconchia
  7. Euheterodonta
  8. Imparidentia
  9. Venerida
  10. Mactroidea
  11. Mactridae
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Mactra Linnaeus, 1767
Mactroidea Lamarck, 1809

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  1. Subfamily Lutrariinae J. E. Gray, 1853
    1. Genus Eastonia J. E. Gray, 1853
    2. Genus Lutraria Lamarck, 1799
    3. Genus Tresus J. E. Gray, 1853
  2. Subfamily Mactrinae Lamarck, 1809
    1. Genus Mactra Linnaeus, 1767
    2. Genus Mactromeris Conrad, 1868
    3. Genus Mulinia J. E. Gray, 1837
    4. Genus Rangia Des Moulins, 1832
    5. Genus Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837
  3. Genus Cryptodon Conrad, 1837 accepted as Tresus J. E. Gray, 1853 (invalid: junior homonym of Cryptodon Turton, 1822; Schizothaerus is a replacement name)
  4. Genus Gnathodon G. B. Sowerby I, 1832 accepted as Rangia Des Moulins, 1832 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  5. Genus Trigonella da Costa, 1778 accepted as Mactra Linnaeus, 1767 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Lamarck, J.-B. (M. de). (1809). Philosophie zoologique, ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Paris, Dentu & the author. Tome premier, I-XXV, 1-428. Tome second, 1-475., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5675762f/f6.item.texteImage
page(s): 1: 318; note: original spelling "Les Mactracées" (vernacular). First latinized, as Mactracea, by Children (1822). [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mactridae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=230 on 2026-07-14
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Mactridae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=230 on 2026-07-14
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2026-02-21 06:36:37Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

original description Lamarck, J.-B. (M. de). (1809). Philosophie zoologique, ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Paris, Dentu & the author. Tome premier, I-XXV, 1-428. Tome second, 1-475., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5675762f/f6.item.texteImage
page(s): 1: 318; note: original spelling "Les Mactracées" (vernacular). First latinized, as Mactracea, by Children (1822). [details] 

additional source Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details] 

redescription 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] 
 
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