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Spisula (Hemimactra) Swainson, 1840
152826 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152826)
alternative representation
Subgenus
Mactra gigantea Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817) (type by monotypy)
Hemimactra Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted
- Species Spisula (Hemimactra) alaskana Dall, 1924 accepted as Spisula alaskana Dall, 1924 accepted as Mactromeris polynyma (W. Stimpson, 1860) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Spisula (Hemimactra) curtidens Dall, 1898 † accepted as Leptomactra curtidens (Dall, 1898) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Spisula (Hemimactra) delumbis (Conrad, 1832) † accepted as Leptomactra delumbis (Conrad, 1832) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Spisula (Hemimactra) dodona Dall, 1898 † accepted as Leptomactra dodona (Dall, 1898) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Spisula (Hemimactra) harrisi Olsson, 1914 † accepted as Leptomactra harrisi (Olsson, 1914) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Spisula (Hemimactra) marylandica Dall, 1898 † accepted as Leptomactra marylandica (Dall, 1898) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Spisula (Hemimactra) polymyma (W. Stimpson, 1860) accepted as Mactromeris polynyma (W. Stimpson, 1860)
- Species Spisula (Hemimactra) similis (Say, 1822) accepted as Spisula solidissima similis (Say, 1822) accepted as Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Species Spisula (Hemimactra) valhosierr J. A. Gardner, 1928 † accepted as Leptomactra valhosierr (J. A. Gardner, 1928) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Spisula (Hemimactra) craspedota J. A. Gardner, 1928 † represented as Spisula craspedota J. A. Gardner, 1928 †
- Species Spisula (Hemimactra) solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817) represented as Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Species Spisula (Hemimactra) chesapeakensis Glenn, 1904 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Spisula (Hemimactra) densa Dall, 1898 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Spisula (Hemimactra) duplinensis Dall, 1898 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Spisula (Hemimactra) magnoliana Dall, 1898 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Hemimactra Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 369 [details]
page(s): 369 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spisula (Hemimactra) Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152826 on 2025-09-10
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(of Hemimactra Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 369 [details]
basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 113 [details]
page(s): 369 [details]
basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 113 [details]
