Species Mactra (Mactra) abbreviata Lamarck, 1818

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mactra abbreviata Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [477].
• Mactra obesa 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. 5, fig. 19].
• Mactra meretriciformis 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. 5, fig. 18].

 

Generic Combinations

• Telemactra obesa (Reeve, 1854). —
  Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [348] (new combination)

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Mactra (Mactra) abbreviata Lamarck, 1818. —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 36, no. 239] (as Mactra (Mactra) abbreviata Lamarck, 1819)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, sand.

 

General References

Huber, M. 2010. Mactra abbreviata Lamarck, 1818. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397191 (Accessed on 2015-03-31)

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. [439; CD: line 14620]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [76, pl. 36, fig. 239]

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 [137] (as Mactra abbreviata Lamarck, 1819)

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [348, fig. 2] (Meretrix-like Trough Shell)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
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)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	MACTROIDEA	08-Aug-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		21-Nov-2013	MODIFIED