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Family MACTRIDAE Lamarck, 1809


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December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

MACTRIDAE: Mactra (Cyclomactra) tristis Reeve, 1854 — Smith, E.A. 1914. A list of Australian Mactridae, with a description of a new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 11: 137-151 [149] (listed species from Australia; QLD & NSW); 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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (lists this species as Cyclomactra tristis (Reeve, 1854) and records it as restricted to New Zealand)

MACTRIDAE: Mactra (Mactra) complanata Reeve, 1854 — Smith, E.A. 1914. A list of Australian Mactridae, with a description of a new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 11: 137-151 [141] (listed species from Australia as Mactra (Mactrinula) complanata); 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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (now known as Simomactra chionia (Tomlin 1921); known only from the Indian Ocean)

MACTRIDAE: Mactra (Mactra) olorina Philippi, 1846 — Smith, E.A. 1914. A list of Australian Mactridae, with a description of a new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 11: 137-151 [144] (species listed for Australia); Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 37, fig. 247] (misidentification; Huber (2010) considers this to be Mactra (Mactra) deshayesi); 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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (restricted to the Indian Ocean with a recent migration into the eastern Mediterranean)

MACTRIDAE: Mactra (Mactrinula) complanata Deshayes, 1854 [see comments for Mactra (Mactra) complanata Deshayes, 1854] — Smith, E.A. 1914. A list of Australian Mactridae, with a description of a new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 11: 137-151 [141]

MACTRIDAE: Mactra complanata Reeve, 1854 [see comments for Mactra (Mactra) complanata Reeve, 1854] — Reeve, L.A. 1854. Monograph of the genus Mactra. pls 1-21 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 8. [pl. 12, fig. 54] (according to Smith (1914, p. 74) belongs to subgenus Mactrinula; type location: Indian Ocean)

MACTRIDAE: Mactra olorina Philippi, 1846 [see comments for Mactra (Mactra) olorina Philippi, 1846]

MACTRIDAE: Mactra plicataria Linnaeus, 1767 [see comments for Mactrinula plicataria (Linnaeus, 1767)] — Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae, per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum caracteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Holmiae [= Stockholm] : L. Salvii Tomus I. Regnum Animale(pars 2) Editio duodecima, reformata [3 vols., 1766–68], pp. 533–1327. [1125]

MACTRIDAE: Mactra tristis Reeve, 1854 [see comments for Mactra (Cyclomactra) tristis Reeve, 1854] — Reeve, L.A. 1854. Monograph of the genus Mactra. pls 1-21 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 8. [pl. 14, fig. 69]

MACTRIDAE: Mactrinula plicataria (Linnaeus, 1767) — Smith, E.A. 1914. A list of Australian Mactridae, with a description of a new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 11: 137-151 [147] (species listed from Australia as Mactra (Mactrinula) plicataria; Queensland); 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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (valid species known from Indo-West Pacific (W.-E.India, Mumbai, Nicobar Island, Andaman Sea, Sumatra, Indonesia, Java))

 

General References

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part A) pp. xvi, 1-563. [337-339]

Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. 2010. Classiication of Bivalve Families. pp. 113-133 in Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. Nomenclator of Bivalve Families; with a classiication of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184 [129]

Healy, J.M. & Lamprell, K. 1992. New species of Veneridae, Cardiidae, Crassatellidae, Tellinidae and Mactridae from Australia (Veneroida, Bivalvia, Mollusca). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 13: 75-97

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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [438, 753]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [246]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 36]

Mikkelsen, P.M. & Bieler, R. 2008. Seashells of southern Florida. Living marine mollusks of the Florida keys and adjacent regions. Princeton & Oxford : Princeton University Press 503 pp. [368-371]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N595]

Smith, E.A. 1914. A list of Australian Mactridae, with a description of a new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 11: 137-151

Vongpanich, V. 2000. Family Mactridae (Mollusca:Bivalvia) in Thai waters. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 2 21: 483-498

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
11-Apr-2024 IMPARIDENTIA Bieler et al., 2014 11-Apr-2024 MODIFIED
22-Aug-2023 BIVALVIA 22-Aug-2023 MOVED Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
22-Aug-2023 BIVALVIA 22-Aug-2023 MOVED Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
23-Apr-2018 BIVALVIA 11-Apr-2024 MODIFIED Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
23-Oct-2014 BIVALVIA 11-Apr-2024 MODIFIED ABRS
11-Aug-2014 11-Aug-2014 MOVED
11-Aug-2014 11-Apr-2024 MODIFIED
11-Aug-2014 MACTROIDEA 11-Apr-2024 MODIFIED Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
10-May-2011 MODIFIED