Mactra

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Mactra
Temporal range: Eocene–Present
Mactra corallina.jpg
Mactra stultorum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Mactroidea
Family: Mactridae
Genus: Mactra
Linnaeus, 1767
Species

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Synonyms
  • ColorimactraIredale, 1929
  • DeikeaMayer-Eymar, 1872
  • Mactra (Mactra)Linnaeus, 1767· accepted, alternate representation
  • Mactra (Maorimactra)Finlay, 1928· accepted, alternate representation
  • Mactra (Nannomactra)Iredale, 1930· accepted, alternate representation
  • NannomactraIredale, 1930
  • TelemactraIredale, 1929
  • Trigonellada 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 glauca Mactra glauca2.jpg
Mactra glauca
Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mactra Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138158 on 2021-06-03