Mulinia Gray, 1837

Signorelli, Javier H. & Pastorino, Guido, 2011, Revision of the Magellanic Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 (Bivalvia: Heterodonta), Zootaxa 2757, pp. 47-67 : 52

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Genus Mulinia Gray, 1837

Type species: Mulinia typica Gray, 1837 (= Mactra edulis King & Broderip, 1832 ) [by Absolute Tautonomy]

Diagnosis. Shell trigonal, anterior and posterior end subangular. Ligament exclusively internal, in well developed chondrophore.

Distribution. Coasts of Central and South America and eastern Africa.

References

Gray, J. E. (1837) A synoptical catalogue of the species of certain tribes of genera of shells contained in the collection of the British Museum. The Magazine of Natural History, n. s. 1, 370 - 376.

King, P. P. & Broderip, W. J. (1832) Description of the Cirripedia, Conchifera and Mollusca in a collection formed by the officers of HMS Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America, including the straits of Magalhaens and the coast of Tierra del Fuego. Zoological Journal, 5, 332 - 349.