Genus of bivalves
Mactra Temporal range:
Eocene–Present
Mactra stultorum
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Venerida
Superfamily:
Mactroidea
Family:
Mactridae
Genus:
Mactra Linnaeus , 1767
Species
See text
Synonyms
Colorimactra Iredale, 1929
Deikea Mayer-Eymar, 1872
Mactra (Mactra) Linnaeus, 1767· accepted, alternate representation
Mactra (Maorimactra) Finlay, 1928 · accepted, alternate representation
Mactra (Nannomactra) Iredale, 1930 · accepted, alternate representation
Nannomactra Iredale, 1930
Telemactra Iredale, 1929
Trigonella da Costa, 1778
Mactra is a large genus of medium-sized marine bivalve mollusks or clams, commonly known as trough shells or duck clams . Mactra is the type genus within the family Mactridae .[ 1]
The word "trough" in the common name refers to the fact that all Mactra shells have a large ligamental pit at the hinge line, which in life contains a large internal ligament. Most bivalves in other families have an external ligament instead.
Species
Mactra chinensis Philippi, 1846
Mactra glabrata Linnaeus , 1767
Mactra glauca Born, 1778
Mactra grandis (Gmelin, 1791)
Mactra guidoi Signorelli & F. Scarabino, 2010
Mactra isabelleana d'Orbiginny, 1846
Mactra lilacea Lamarck, 1818
Mactra quadrangularis Reeve, 1854
Mactra sauliana Gray, 1838
Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus , 1758 )
Mactra veneriformis (シオフキガイ , shiofukigai in Japanese; 동죽 조개 in Korean)
Mactra glauca
Species brought into synonymy
Mactra acutissima Cosel, 1995 : synonym of Scissodesma acutissima (Cosel, 1995)
Mactra angolensis Cosel, 1995 : synonym of Scissodesma angolensis (Cosel, 1995)
Mactra discors Gray, 1873 : synonym of Spisula discors (Gray, 1837)
Mactra inconstans Cosel, 1995 : synonym of Huberimactra inconstans (Cosel, 1995)
Mactra micronitida Cosel, 1995 : synonym of Scissodesma micronitida (Cosel, 1995)
Mactra murchisoni Deshayes, 1854 : synonym of Spisula murchisoni (Reeve, 1854)
Mactra nitida Spengler, 1786 : synonym of Scissodesma nitida (Gmelin, 1791)
Mactra ordinaria (E.A.Smith, 1898) : synonym of Maorimactra ordinaria (E. A. Smith, 1898)
Mactra ovata Wood 1828 : synonym of Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1791)
Mactra rostrata Spengler, 1802 : synonym of Barymactra rostrata (Spengler, 1802)
Mactra silicula Reeve, 1854 : synonym of Mactrotoma compressa (Spengler, 1802)
Mactra tristis (Reeve, 1854) : synonym of Cyclomactra tristis (Reeve, 1854)
Mactra vitrea Gray, 1837 : synonym of Huberimactra grayi (M. Huber, 2015)
References
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