Mactra Linnaeus, 1767

Signorelli, Javier H. & Pastorino, Guido, 2011, Revision of the Magellanic Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 (Bivalvia: Heterodonta), Zootaxa 2757, pp. 47-67 : 48

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Genus Mactra Linnaeus, 1767

[=Trigonella Da Costa, 1778, subsequent designation by Winckworth (1929); Deikea Mayer, 1872 ; Colorimactra Iredale, 1929 ; Telemactra Iredale, 1929 ]

Type species: Cardium stultorum Linnaeus, 1758 [subsequent designation by Fleming (1818: 309)]

Diagnosis. Shell trigonal to oval, subequilateral, inflated; lunule and escutcheon well developed. External ligament separated from internal portion by a ridge. Pallial sinus short and oval; lateral teeth elongated, similar in shape and size.

Distribution. Worldwide, Atlantic and Pacific coasts of America, Mediterranean Sea, coast of Great Britain, Atlantic and Indian coasts of Africa, and coasts of Australia and New Zealand.

References

Fleming, J. (1818) Conchology. In: Volume Third of: Supplement to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. With Preliminary Dissertations on the History of the Sciences. Illustrated by Engravings. Archibald Constable and Company, Edinburgh; Hurst, Robinson and Company, London, 3 (1), 316 pp.

Winckworth, R. (1929) The Genotypes selected by Fleming in 1818 and 1822. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 18 (5), 224 - 229.