Species Mactra (Mactra) achatina Holten, 1802

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mactra achatina Holten, H.S. 1802. Enumeratio Systematica Conchyliae Beat. J.H. Chemnitz. Copenhagen : K.H. Scidelini 88 pp. [14] [cites Chemnitz, 1795:XI, p.218-219, t.200, f.1957-1958].
• Mactra ornata Gray, J.E. 1837. A synoptical catalogue of the species of certain tribes or genera of shells contained in the collection of the British Museum and authors cabinet; with descriptions of new species. Magazine of Natural History and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology and Meteorology 1: 370-376 [371].

 

Generic Combinations

• Trigonella achatina (Holten, 1802). —
  Macandrew, R. 1870. Report on the testaceous Mollusca obtained during a dredging excursion in the Gulf of Suez in the months of February and March 1869. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 6: 429-450 [445]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Mactra (Mactra) achatina Holten, 1802. —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 37, no. 246]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Biogenic substrate, continental shelf, intertidal, marine, mud-silt, sand, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

20-26 m (Phuket, Thailand)

 

General References

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 14623]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [78, pl. 37, fig. 246]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [131]

Rosenberg, G. & Huber, M. 2010. Mactra achatina Holten, 1802. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216451 (Accessed on 2015-03-31)

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 [138] (as Mactra achatina Chermnitz)

Tantanasiriwong, R. 1979. A checklist of marine bivalves from Phuket (area). Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 27: 1-15 [10]

Vongpanich, V. 2000. Family Mactridae (Mollusca:Bivalvia) in Thai waters. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 2 21: 483-498 [484]

 

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