Species Mactra (Mactra) cuneata Gmelin, 1791

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mactra cuneata Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3260].
• Mactra cuneata Chemnitz, J.H. 1782. Neues systematisches Conchylien - Cabinet. Nürnberg : G.N. Raspe Vol. 6 pp. 1-375, pls 1-36. [221, pl. 22, fig. 215] [Chemnitz was declared non-binomial, hence the official publication date is of Gmelin, 1791].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Sri Lanka.
• Mactra purpurea Spengler, L. 1802. Beskrivelse over del toskallede Conchylie-Slaegt Mactra. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet 5(2): 92-128 [20].
• Mactra corbiculoides 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. 18, fig. 98].
• Mactra lurida 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. 18, fig. 96].
• Mactra delicatula Preston, H.B. 1904. Descriptions of some new species of Cingalese and Indian marine shells. Journal of Malacology 11: 75-78, pls 6-7 [78, pl. 6, fig. 11].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Ceylon.
• Mactra delicatula nivea Preston, H.B. 1904. Descriptions of some new species of Cingalese and Indian marine shells. Journal of Malacology 11: 75-78, pls 6-7 [78, pl. 6, fig. 12] [as Mactra delicatula var. nivea].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Ceylon.
• Colorimactra florens Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [268, pl. 31, fig. 16].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.51831, Innisfail (mouth), Queensland, Australia [17°30'28.8"S, 146°3'50.4"E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Trigonella cuneata (Gmelin, 1791) [new combination]. —
  Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1856. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 2(Parts XXV-XXVIII) pp. 285-412, pls 97-112. [375]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Mactra (Mactra) cuneata Gmelin, 1791. —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 37, fig. 250]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

India to Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, sand.

 

General References

Huber, M. 2010. Mactra cuneata Gmelin, 1791. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216447 (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. [440, 754; CD: line 14641]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [78, pl. 37, fig. 250]

Satyamurti, S.T. 1956. Mollusca of Krusadai Is. II. Scaphopoda, Pelecypoda, and Cephalopoda. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Natural History ns 1(no. 2, pt 7): 202 pp., 30 pls [139]

Vongpanich, V. 2000. Family Mactridae (Mollusca:Bivalvia) in Thai waters. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 2 21: 483-498 [487]

 

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	06-Dec-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		21-Nov-2013	MODIFIED