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Mactra subponderosa A. d'Orbigny, 1852 †
1734577 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1734577)
accepted
Species
Mactra ponderosa Conrad, 1830 † · unaccepted > junior homonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1852). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques</i>. vol. 3: 189 pp. + unpaginated erratum and table of contents. Paris: Masson. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31730040 [details]
(of Mactra ponderosa Conrad, 1830 †) Conrad, T. A. (1830). On the geology and organic remains of a part of the peninsula of Maryland; with appendix; containing descriptions of twenty-nine new species of fossil shells, noticed in the preceding paper. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 6 (2): 205-230, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24677623
page(s): 228, pl. 10, fig. 5 [details]
(of Mactra ponderosa Conrad, 1830 †) Conrad, T. A. (1830). On the geology and organic remains of a part of the peninsula of Maryland; with appendix; containing descriptions of twenty-nine new species of fossil shells, noticed in the preceding paper. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 6 (2): 205-230, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24677623
page(s): 228, pl. 10, fig. 5 [details]
Type locality contained in Maryland
type locality contained in Maryland [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mactra subponderosa A. d'Orbigny, 1852 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1734577 on 2025-09-11
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Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1852). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques</i>. vol. 3: 189 pp. + unpaginated erratum and table of contents. Paris: Masson. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31730040 [details]
original description (of Mactra ponderosa Conrad, 1830 †) Conrad, T. A. (1830). On the geology and organic remains of a part of the peninsula of Maryland; with appendix; containing descriptions of twenty-nine new species of fossil shells, noticed in the preceding paper. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 6 (2): 205-230, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24677623
page(s): 228, pl. 10, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Mactra ponderosa Conrad, 1830 †) Conrad, T. A. (1830). On the geology and organic remains of a part of the peninsula of Maryland; with appendix; containing descriptions of twenty-nine new species of fossil shells, noticed in the preceding paper. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 6 (2): 205-230, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24677623
page(s): 228, pl. 10, fig. 5 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
